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# 2006-FSA-RM-WEB-FT: Retrospective

## Shoutouts
- Kevin (from Jonathan - works great as both navigator and driver
- Jonathan (from Kevin) - good to bounce ideas off of; figured things out quickly together; less stuck because of him
- Everybody - we made it a week!
- Everybody is awesome (everyone said how they all loved the vibes from each person)
- Instructors - For being awesome teachers
    - Always motivational
    - Never judgemental
    - Never once felt hopeless even on hard things
- Instructors - answering all questions immediately and clearly

## How do you feel after your first week?
- Had to remind oneself it's only been one week
- A good amount to learn in the first week
- Everyday more and more excited to learn more stuff
- Frontend/CSS not as bad as expected
- Any workshop where we do stuff ourselves is awesome 

### The Good?
- Flexbox Froggy/Diner
- Pixelate - Everyone loves this
- Intro to Boxing - Webpages just "made sense" after this
- Debugging
- Demos

### The Not So Good?
- Partners seemed like matching with the same people
- Some pair exercises maybe shouldn't be pair exercises
    - Landing page liftoff
    - Practical debugging
    - Selector.js

## Misc
- Node/Async was challenging 
- Getting to learn how to look stuff up is both frustrating and rewarding