Why math and programming is really enjoyable for some people? My story on how I really enjoy math and programming now. 

In the past month or so, I’ve been really enjoying math and python programming. Honestly, its been kind of addicting. Its basically all I think about. I’m taking Precalculus for Business right now, and I am really enjoying it. I’ve been discovering how I learn when it comes to math and programming and how I like to take notes. 

For example, for my Precalculus class, I realized that I really like using blank paper, like a sketchbook, which I have been using. but for programming, which I have been learning myself through projects, I realized that using my iPad to write code is amazing because I can use lined paper better to format my coding on paper better. But both of these methods are really good. 

Its crazy to think of how this all started though. I first started enjoying programming before I started enjoying math. I’ve always wanted to start programming; I just didn’t know where to start. 

Then last semester I heard about VS Code, which is a programming software that is really well known and is used by a lot of people. I made one project, it took a while, but I was able to make it work. I had some help with the project, I was stuck on a specific problem that I needed to fix and someone helped me figure it out. 

This was when I found out that programming has a lot of different rules that are sometimes hard to find. I don’t remember everything that made me enjoy it and what made me need help, but all I know is I kept coming back to it. 

When it comes to the math, I remember exactly how it happened. I went to the tutoring center on a Friday, and I had to do a difficult conversion problem for my online Precalculus for business class, I didn’t pass it so I had to take it again. I did one the day before with the help of one of the student tutors, that day I took a picture of it so that way I can have it for just in case. It was really handy at this moment because that was what I used to help me solve the equation. When I was doing the equation though, I ran into an error which I needed to go back and figure out where I went wrong. I eventually did, and it made me really happy. 

After that, I found myself getting excited when I seen difficult problems and wanting to know what the answer is. It really surprised me because I didn’t enjoy math at the time before I solved the difficult problem. 

Even now, in this semester, I’ve been thinking a lot about math and programming. So much to the point that its basically been all I think about. Just in the past few days, I’ve finished three projects and I’m writing a few more in my notes. With math, I am able to work on math pretty much every day for most of the day without getting tired or needing a break. 

I even spent pretty much all of my spring break on campus, going to tutoring, and just studying math because I have a test the week right after break, but I really like studying and learning math so it is definitely worth it for me. 

It honestly amazes me how our brains can work. We can be interested in one thing, then we can lose interest in it once our brain figured out what we really like to do. For example, I used to really like science, I still do, but its computer science. I also started liking math, which I started focusing on once I started realizing I liked it. Its to the point where I’ve almost been late to walking to catch the bus twice in one week because of me programming in the morning. 

I am currently taking three classes this semester, but it is really interesting how even though I am thinking about math, I still think about my other two classes constantly, which is really interesting and great at the same time. The thing is, it doesn’t only happen with  academics interests, It can happen with musical interests and just everyday things that all of a sudden changes without you even noticing until you start thinking about it. I

 love math and computer science, and because of the experiences I have had which led me to this enjoyment, it really makes me think about what’s next with learning more math and programming for me.