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import stanford.karel.*;
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public class CheckerboardKarel extends SuperKarel {
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 public void run() {
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 while (leftIsClear()) {
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 putBeepersInARow();
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 goBackToStartOfRow();
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 determineNextRow();
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 }
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 putBeepersInARow();
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 }
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 public void putBeepersInARow() {
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 putBeeper();
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 while (frontIsClear()) { 
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 move();
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 if (frontIsClear()) {
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 move();
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 putBeeper();
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 }
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 }
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 }
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 public void goBackToStartOfRow() {
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 turnAround();
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 while (frontIsClear()) {
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 move();
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 } 
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 }
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 public void determineNextRow() {
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 if (beepersPresent()) {
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 turnRight();
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 move();
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 turnRight();
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 move();
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 } else {
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 turnRight();
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 move();
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 turnRight();
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 }
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 }
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}

Doing something completely outside of my paradigm has been helping me think and behave in ways I wouldn’t normally think and behave. With each coding exercise, I’ve been learning a lot about myself.