I’ve never really officially worked with circuits, so I was ready to get to this part of the textbook. I learned a lot, but what I’m most proud of is I taught myself how to solve a circuit. It might seem minor but it made me feel better about my abilities as a student. There was something, even with the textbook, that just wasn’t clicking, but I found a way to make it make sense. I gave myself a couple practice problems and worked through them, checking the answers and definitions, and as it turns out, with the right resources. I can answer my own questions. I know this seems a small or insignificant feat, but it gives me a bit of confidence in my abilities and in my future. I don’t know, It feels a bit like confirmation in myself and my learning. It’s a small but sweet takeaway from this weeks work.
This is not at all insignificant! 90% (alright, perhaps that’s an exaggeration) of life is about problem solving when you don’t explicitly have the answer to something, whether that means your future college courses, your job, or even just figuring things out like ‘how do I do my taxes.’ Being able to troubleshoot and teach yourself skills that are not intuitive is a really important thing to take away from your time in school. Very glad you thought this was worth writing about. I’m curious to hear what the problem was, exactly, and what the breakthrough moment was. Do you feel like you can apply these same methods to problems that might come up in the future, too?