IDK IDL

The day started off with a staff meeting with Bob Callens and Joe Pow. After that, I experienced my first time at a real college class. The class some of us are taking is Imaging Science. It is a small group of people and the professors teaching us is Jeff Pelz along with Bob Callens and Joe Pow. I was surprised that the time went by pretty quick and Dr. Pelz did a great job teaching us what we will be learning throughout the course. I learned why the sky is blue and why the grass is green. Sadly, we were assigned our first homework assignment to read the first chapter of the book we received and five questions to answer. Our first lab is due next week. I'm more interested in picking a type of imaging and writing about it. It is our weekly paper that we are required to do. I already have in mind what I will be writing about. After the class was over, I took my lunch and then had some spare time to do some work in the lab. At one o'clock was when the confusion began. Unfortunately, most of us were confused about the whole IDL thing. Mistakes were made along the way and we did not understand why we had to learn this program and what it was used for besides making things look "pretty". I hope I get it down or understand it even a little by the end of this week. Maybe it will get easier along the way. Oh and it was also my first time using a MAC.