My name is Cindy Martinez. I worked for three years as a Spanish interpreter/translator for a major school district. I have chosen to return to school to pursue a different career because of a lack of jobs/opportunity for growth in my current field. With this in mind, I decided to study Computer Science at the UoPeople. I believe Computer Science fits my personality and I have found there are many job opportunities for people in that field in my hometown as well as online. I hope to find online work in the field of computer science so I can travel the world while maintaining a job online.
My first term I have chosen to focus on UNIV 1001 so I can work on developing my study and note-taking skills in preparation for the next courses. This is
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I’m a little concerned about when I should take Discrete Mathematics & Calculus. Should I take one of them during term 4, before I start CS courses? I definitely want to finish all gen ed courses before I get to the higher level CS courses. Taking Gen Ed courses will help me refamiliarize myself with college courses and
3. Pedagogy: “the study of the methods and activities of teaching.” I don’t know what it is about this word but no matter how often I see it and hear it, sometimes I still have to stop and think about what it means.
Inextricably: “if things are inextricably connected, they are so closely connected that you cannot separate them.” I kinda knew what this word meant, in the sense that I guessed its meaning from context as I often do with unfamiliar words, but the exact definition helped me get a better picture of the meaning in my head. And yes, I do associate words with pictures and feelings in my head.
Dysphagia: “Difficulty in swallowing”. I was scrolling through the dictionary trying to find a word I didn’t know and I came across dysphasia. It’s very ironic because I have dysphagia due to acid reflux. It’s something I have been able to control in the last year after a change in