Hi everyone! I hope everyone is having a great end to the semester and that preparations for finals are going well. It has been an incredible year of blogging and of RCL and I am so happy I got to have this experience. Through blogging I was able to find one of my actual passions […]
Final Pieces of Advice and Closing Thoughts
Hi everybody! I hope everyone is doing well and is looking forward to the end of the semester (only two more weeks!!!!!!) Since this will be my last blog documenting my journey through data/computer science I thought I would do something a little different then my other blogs. I am going to give […]
What Are Non-Fungible Tokens?
Hi everyone. Today I am going to switch gears and talk with you guys about Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) which is a very big topic in the tech space and in the field of data and computer science right now. Non-fungible tokens are essentially the baseball cards of the internet. They are a way […]
New Paths in Data Science
Hi everyone! I hope everyone has been well and is having a good week! Over the past few weeks I have spent a lot of time talking to two of my mentors and doing projects for class which has definitely helped me progress my programming skills, but more importantly has taught me a […]
Public School Reform
Hi everyone! I hope you have all had a successful last two weeks of classes and did well on your midterms!! Today I am going to again be discussing the issues that exist in funding public high schools and school districts in the US, but will be more heavily focusing on the solutions, […]
Transition to Data Science and Setting New Goals
Hi everybody! In today’s blog I want to catch you guys up on where I am programming wise, and update you guys on my goals for this journey and talk about some of the things I have learned in case any of you are thinking of following a similar path. I am going to […]
Effects of Unequal Public Schools Funding on Student Achievement
Hi everyone! So far in this blog series, I have discussed the way in which public school districts are funded in the United States. I have also talked about how the approach to this funding hurts poorer students and disproportionately hurts poorer minority students. Today I will talk about how this lack of funding […]
Issues of Race in Public School Funding
Hello again everyone! Before I jump back into talking about the issues with public school funding, I want to give a brief explanation for why I am doing this topic because I forgot to do this in my previous blog post. One of the main reasons I pursued the topic of public school funding […]
How Public School Districts Receive Funding
For my civic issues blog I will be focusing on the funding of public high schools and the issues that arise due to how we fund public high schools and public school districts. For my first blog, I will begin by explaining how funding for public high school works and the current issue with the […]
JavaScript Projects and More!
Hi everybody! I hope everyone is having a successful start to their second semester! For this semester I am sticking with the same passion blog topic that I had in the first semester, which is computer programming. Last semester I enrolled in several programming classes and did a lot of reading and research […]