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Storytelling Reflection

1.

I think that there are two big factors that drove me to come to Turing. The first is my learning style. I work most effectively when I am able to really dive into learning new things or working on a new project. And attending school at Colorado College and learning on the block plan gave me the opportunity to fully explore this style of learning. Now, even more than before college, I feel that this is a learning style that I am drawn towards and work well within. I also think that this lines up well with my StrengthsFinder themes, being Focus, Acheiver, Relator, Deliberative, and Learner. I certianly do not go about approaching big new things like Turing without a lot of consideration, but once I have made that decision I am very driven to learn and reach goals. Since starting Turing, I feel like I have been more driven than possibly ever to learn as much as I can.

This has also been somewhat of a struggle at times, which brings me to the second factor that drew me to Turi

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Template for DTR Memo

Project: 2DoBox-Piviot

Group Member Names: Jamie Rushford, Hillary Stewart

Project Expectations: Practice with refactoring, implementing JS/jQuery in a more efficient way.

Goals and expectations: More comfortable with writing/figuring out out JS/jQuery, continuing to have a more readable/simple JS codebase

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Introductory Strengths Reflection & Coaching Request

In-Class Reflections Using the Signature Themes Report

Read through the definitions:

1. What words or phrases stick out to you for each theme?

Learner - What sticks out to me for this theme is that I love the process of learning, of going from knowing nothing about a topic to starting to pick up bits, to feeling comfortable with something new.

Deliberative - "Approaching life with a certain reserve" - that is definitely me... As is "you walk with care".

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Professional Development Prework

'29 Behaviors That Will Make You An Unstoppable Programmer' Reflection

One of the behaviors listed that resonates with me is the idea of knowing that "code is cheap". This is something that I have found to be true in other aspects of my life in the past as well, generally the idea that you shouldn't be afraid to try different ideas and techniques even if they dont work. In music I have found that often the best ideas can come from just trying things even if you don't know that they will work. And when they don't end up working, this is usually a far more effective way of learning and developing skills as well. Another behavior that resonated with me is the idea that Google is an important tool that should be used by developers. I have certainly seen the use of tools like Google discouraged in academics and technical subjects. But I think that being able to use a search engine and the resources of the internet to learn independently about tools that you may have not use

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This is my Turing Prework!

Day 1

On a website, what is the purpose of HTML code?

The purpose of HTML code is to provide the structure for a website. It dictates what information is displayed and how that information is organized.

What is the difference between and element and a tag?

Elements are different parts of an HTML document, such as headers and paragraphs, that are made up of an opening tag, a closing tag, and some content. Tags are enclosed in angled brackets (with a forward slash for the closing tag) and describe the style and structure of the inside content.