The Quintessential Blog Update for IS101

In this blog, I am going to start off with: "What the heck is happening in Shibuya?" - Megumi Fushiguro, JJK. If you know the reference, fear not as I watered it down so I won't get in trouble. That said, what was going on in Phase 2 of IS101? Well let me tell you.

Phase 2 was everything and nothing all at once. It was learning something new, which was great but something in my mind was telling me not to do it since this is an unknown grounds that would get me stuck for a while. I did get stuck. Excel is a whole new beast to learn even if I am learning the basics of it. Thankfully the practice from Phase 1 took me far enough to understand how Microsoft program every app they made for 365 and my pattern recognition helped me through that. However, the formulas, the reading of every data given and boy those sweet IF statements are a headache to deal with. I have no experience in programming where the fundamentals of it are IF and THEN statements but lo and behold I pushed through. To be frank, I wanted to learn excel because every company uses it and failing to learn this course topic could set me back from my peers, which is not overall bad but Excel should be something that I should be focusing on. The A6 assignment was a pain, for me at least, since I got the wrong perspective in the reading. Although I revised it like 5 times, I still manage to complete it and learn what the passage was all about. Good read, would recommend.

Enough being frank, I am JD, who is frank anyway?

I picked Chapter 5.7.10 Challenge Lab: Use Advanced Functions in this blog post since this made me lose my mind and patience. I attempted this lab multiple times to pass and somehow I was always getting one or two mistakes. It got frustrating to the point that I have to take a walk, only to realize I can't since the assignment is due in 10 mins. Though while frustrating, the learning on the subject and the practice given was actually helpful to the point that I use it when I use Excel personally. The IS101 became a Math course for a while and I despised doing labs, but hey, at least a I pushed through.

Remember earlier I said Phase 2 was everything and nothing all at once? Well, the application part of Phase 2 outside IS101 is almost nothing. Since my current job does not require me to use Excel, I haven't been practicing it to the point that I forget the lessons that was taught to me through LabSim. Unlike, Phase 1, I still remember the lessons, Phase 2 was stress filled to the point that lessons became a blur.

Now Phase 3 has passed when I post this blog, but I got to say my mindset shifted, not in a good way. I think losing the rythm of doing lessons early, being in punctual in class and participating in every way in the course could steer a college career into ruins. What I mean is doing the best you can everyday to pass the class is something to be proud of and should not keep you down when you fail something. It happens, so don't get stuck in the mud and don't be like frank, I keep on being him lately. 

That said, I am still pushing through this last weeks in class and hope to write my last blog post in a timely manner. Also, if you haven't noticed, the title of my blog posts are derived from anime titles, have fun guessing what they are! My last blog post would also have it. Man do I love easter eggs.