PreludeToAnEpic

In my town we had mostly white kids and a few hispanic kids over the years that eventually moved after a year or so. We didn't have a black classmate until around 9th or 10th grade I think and it was a shock to just about everyone that a black family had moved there. Majority of people were friendly to him in person but some of the things uttered when he wasn't around was insane.

I don't think I ever had classes with him but he seemed like an okay guy, I can't say it was a culture shock to me because I used to go to cities a lot and I guess it just exposed me to other people.

Out of curiosity, who would you say was really worse as far as their hatred for non white people, males or females? Assuming you're still answering

So 2 questions if I may: 1) What did you consider was the hardest part of your education? I wanted to get a degree in CS but after attempting Calc 3 times I decided it might not be meant to be, despite being decent at other types of math lol

2) are there any pros and cons of going to school for a degree vs being self taught?

Good points about going with the degree. I was considering trying to learn a little bit from something like Code Academy in my own time since my experiences in my CS major didn't pan out so well, but taking classes would probably be much better overall.