I just received my grades from the instructor. 97% on the final exam, and an “A” for the semester. I expected that to do well, but it’s nice to be more certain. The official release date for the grades isn’t until August 30.

Starting tomorrow morning, I’m taking a Linear Algebra course at DeAnza College. It’s a six week summer session, and the classes are Monday through Thursday from 7:30 to 9:40 AM. I expect the commute to Cupertino will take nearly an hour, so I’ll have to get up around 5:45 AM. I’m not [...]

Class is going well. Our first actual speech (not reading) was a 1-2 minute self-introduction, which had to have two main points each with two subpoints, and at least one visual aid.
The hard part is keeping it to under two minutes. As Pascal said, “This one [letter} would not be so long had [...]