I literally can’t think of another UPenn graduate that comes close in historical importance to either of those lol

I’m a freshman, and I’m constantly overwhelmed. It feels like I’m a robot, with no time to think for myself. Classes back-to-back, followed by homework and studying, then showering, then sleeping, and then waking up and repeating the cycle. Some days, I feel like I leave my dorm completely exhausted and somehow end up sitting in class. It’s miserable. I’m depressed during fall break. I’ve just been in my dorm alone, with no energy to cry or do anything. I don’t even know who I am or what I want to do. All I want is to go back home.

Third time in as many weeks that I've seen dead squirrels on Locust Walk. In fact, the first time it was two dead squirrels right next to each other.

I love seeing small animals. Any animal like pigeons or other birds too.

my social life has been kinda nonexistent lately because between classes and work, i feel like i’m always busy. this saturday is pretty much the one afternoon i’m actually free, and my friends want to hang out then. normally i’d 100% take them up on it, especially since i’ve already missed a few plans with them recently.

BUT i also matched with a girl through that ditto/cupid thing, and somehow saturday is literally the only day that works for her too. she goes to upenn, and we’ve been talking about meeting up for our first date that day. i haven’t committed to either plan yet, but i’m definitely excited to meet her.

now i’m kinda torn because i feel like i should prioritize my friends since i haven’t seen them much lately, but part of me really wants to go on the date 😭

am i being a bad friend for leaning toward the date?

Hi everyone!

I'm a recent graduate currently focusing on OCaml and functional programming, and I've recently started working with a student who's taking CIS 1200.

One thing I've noticed while helping with the course is that the hardest part for someone new to OCaml isn't always the syntax. It's developing the right way of thinking about functional programming.

We've been using a pretty simple approach:

Understand the concept → work through an example → try a similar problem → code it in utop → debug → explain it back.

Some of the topics we've been working through include:

• Recursion
• Pattern matching
• Higher-order functions
• Currying and partial application
• Lists and trees
• Modules and abstraction

I'm curious about other CIS 1200 students:

Which OCaml topic has been the most difficult for you so far, and what helped it finally click?