It's week 5 of almost my last semester in my Master's Degree at UNH Manchester - I'm studying Information Technology and Computer Science in preparation for a PhD degree track (hopefully). I've learned this week that I have a 100% overall score in all three of my classes as of this current week, which has included quizzes, reading assignments, homework, and labs in all of my classes. I don't know if it's just a new medication that's working really well, or a combination of things - but I'd say I'm doing extremely well currently.
I don't mean to gloat - I actually spend over 40hrs a week studying for my classes and working on projects. I definitely deserve these high grades - I work extremely hard for them. I'm looking forward to working on a PhD degree starting in about a year. I have to take some extra classes to prepare for the PhD degree track, since it's a different major. I'm doing extremely well in my Computer Science based classes, and I have full confidence that I'm going to be able to repay all of my Student Loans, regardless of how high they become, because I'm just doing that well. I've even thought about getting life insurance, just in case, so I don't leave any debt behind. Something terrible from an outside force would have to happen to ruin my life - everything is going extremely well for me. I couldn't be happier!
Next Semester I'm going to take a programming languages class with one of my favorite professors, and I'm sure I'll do really well. Learning data structures this semester is really helping me to fill in the gaps of things that I didn't know regarding programming. We're working in Python code. I had already written a bit of Python code for my DevOps class during the Summer Semester. It worked perfectly, but now I'm learning things like docstrings, that can help other people understand my code. I have so much going for me, and I think success is inevitable now.
Thank you for reading my website!
--Patrick R. McElhiney
