My First Programming Experience

Technology is very important in our generation. There are many things which are included in this and one of those is programming. Programming is commonly known in the aspect of technology for it is necessary to make a device work in order to fulfill its objective/s. When I hear the word 'programming', the first thing that comes in my mind is robots. These robots are commonly known as machines which can work like humans do but other robots are not like this since they have different compositions. Robots exist for different things but the main function of these are making our work easier and help humans do things which may be dangerous, dull or dirty.

Have you ever asked yourself about how it feels to program?

When I experienced programming when I was still a Grade 5 student is far more different from programming in Grade 7. From my elementary experience, we are thought how to input programs which are provided to us like we will just follow the instructions given. Those instructions are well-detailed unlike in Grade 7 that you'll be the one who will think about your program within the situation in order for the robot accomplish its task or objective. Seems like my experience in my current grade is the REAL programming. I am really challenged on how I could make my robot function properly with my commands. I am taking consideration of the things it might hit or the consequences that it may take. Sometimes, my point is really close but I keep getting too far for I think that it might still be wrong. It was hard but it is fun and enjoyable.

I realized a lot of things in programming like being careful with every step you're going to take. Being pressured and stressed reduces your concentration. I always run and hurrying up for I want to finish my work early but I realized that I couldn't understand the whole situation yet. I realized that I should calm down and stop being in a hurry. Sometimes, I lack common sense with these things because my mind is so complicated that it makes the simple situation worse. Too much consciousness with the things you do might get you into a worse scenario where you are too far from the topic and you finally space out. I must also know the right programs, sensors and the size of the robot. I thought the size of the robot will not affect anything since it has sensors but I realized that it may bump to a thing because of its thickness and eventually stop working.

Behind my realizations, I want to be successful in coping with programming. If it'll be easy for me once I learned and understand the things fully, what do I know? I may be a robot programmer one day. Not only me because I believe that every student can be a programmer if he is determined enough for it. Studying and hard work will do. I hope one day, all of us will rise together as professionals and I know that we'll be successful programmers.