In the first week of lecture, we talked generally about the sets, problem solving and the outline of this course. In the first 2-3 courses I didn't understand anything. The sets in computer science language seemed really challenging to me even though we did it in the high school. Then I studied the course notes. It really took me a while to understand the topic, but when I understood the topic the questions of the topic seemed really easy to me. Also I really enjoyed doing "All, there exists.." and answering questions based on a table. So, it was really a useful week for me.
In the second week, I learned the implications, universal/existential claims and more about sets in venn diagram. The tutorial was really helpful to me because it covered some of things that are new to me about the venn diagram. The course notes also helped me to understand the course. At first I was unconfident about the implications. It did not make any sense to me and it was really a challenging topic but once you understood the logic of it the rest comes. But I am still uncomfortable with finding P's and Q's in a sentence. I have to work on them by looking at the examples and analyzing the logic of it. Also it now makes sense that how the implication can be true or false. Actually, I really enjoyed studying implications, contrapositive and converse of a statement. It is really a fun topic. In the last lecture, we did "if and only if" statements and I also have to work on them by reviewing the course notes and understanding the logic behind it.
I want to clarify that as my friend Vugar wrote in his slog I'm also an international student and it is sometimes hard to understand some of the vocabulary used in this class. When I don't know a word my professor says, I look at the Turkish translation to understand. While looking at the translation, I miss some part of the lecture thats why I started to write the words I don't know and look at them after the class.
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