Hrm/531 Week 1 Personal Reflection

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This week I started reading the study guide to see what was expected of me that week and what tasks were available. I looked over the discussion assignments, checked the content, and then looked over the written assignments. After reading the study guide, we began the peer assessment. Read each paper before beginning to grade each assignment following the instructions provided. After I finished grading my assignments, I started working on my first reading assignment to get familiar with the topics I will be covering this week.

After reading the book for the first time, I started working on my self-question. As always, the first reading helped me with the self-quiz and I was able to complete the quiz. After I finished the self-quiz, I read
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I also learned how to use assemblers and CPU emulators, and how to interpret their symbols.

Last week's written assignment surprised me. However, last week's understanding helped me a lot with this week's assignment. Having laid the foundation last week, I now have a better understanding of this week's challenges. Learning about assembler and machine language was very interesting and I learned a lot.

It was a little difficult for me to figure out how to load a.asm file and create a.hack file until I read and followed the tutorial provided last week all the way through. This made my tasks for this week clear. I took the time to watch the lecture videos and made sure I followed every step, and it was helpful. This week's task was probably difficult, but last week's task was helpful.

I noticed that I've gained a lot of weight over the past week. I learned a lot about assembly language and machine language, but the main knowledge gained is practical experience. When I first read about assembly language and CPU emulators, I didn't have a deep understanding until I started working on the code and it became