Introduction to Java and Java for FIRST Robotics
I am actually reviewing 2 different classes.
This summer I first signed my daughter (14 years old) up for an Introduction to Java class. I teach high school Precalculus and Geometry, and my daughter is the youngest of our 5 children. First, let me say that you will never ever find a more accommodating online teaching organization as Whizara. The representative Smita could not have been kinder and more responsive! She kept working with me to change the time of the class to fit into my daughter's summer schedule. Then, when my daughter took the class, she would run downstairs after each class to show me what she had learned. The instructor was so knowledgeable, approachable, and methodical in his teaching methods. After 10 hours of class, not only did my daughter have a sound basis of Java coding, she also had a passion for it.
As a teacher, I also started a FIRST robotics team last year at my high school. I asked Smita if this instructor could teach a class of Java to my Programming SubTeam - they know how to code, but not how to code a robot. Unfortunately, he did not have a background in this field. But Smita found us an instructor, John Hults, who is not only extremely knowledgeable about coding but he also programmed a robot on his FRC team in high school that went to the FIRST World's competition. Whizara designed the class for my team to meet our time constraints and budget. John was patient with my students, extremely knowledgeable and inspiring, and, best of all, very analytical and clear in his approach to teaching my team. I too learned so much coding!
As an FRC Rookie Team that began during Covid, I am now relieved and so excited to go to our initial FIRST Robotics Competition, because I know that my students have the foundation that they need to program our robot. In fact, John taught them programming tips that only the most successful of teams execute!
Thank you Smita, John, and all of Whizara for helping my daughter, myself, and ten other students - our excitement for the new Robotics season is contagious! You are the best!!!
September 3, 2021
Unprompted review