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Having given up work to look after my 2 children (3 yrs old and 8 months old), I manage to get the children to nursery for 2 short days a week giving me a total of 6 hours per day for those days to study. After two weeks I have now submitted 4 TMA's and have another 2 waiting. I am getting through roughly 2 chapters per day, this should hopefully mean that I will have completed the A+ coursework in just 5 weeks and will be ready to take the exam. I am very motivated by the first result of my TMA 85%, I look forward to make a target of an average of 95%. My ambition is to finish and join esteemed IT flatanity where I look to acquire more environmental scenarios and challenges which by no means will propel me to higher levels through further research. Currently I am working hard to pay off a loan I have, keeping a small car on the road, living and now this course. I am working lots of hours a week and still I find the time to complete my course work given to me. I am loving the training that I am getting and I hope to complete the first part of my course in 9 months (give or take). as soon as I send off a TMA, I'm learning for the next one, get a reply, then send off the next TMA. I'm my mum's carer and trying to study to improve my career and my passion for IT it's being a struggle trying to do both with no help. I WAS BUSY THE LAST TWO MONTH OF MY ADDITIONAL STUDY AND WORK. NOW I START AGAIN AND OBTAIN 100% MARKS IN MY LAST TWO TMA. I've passed 6 TMAs sent a 7th one of and have an 8th nearly ready to be sent as well. With working as a chef I'm doing 9 days on before a get a couple of, days off and have found it hard to do homework but have managed to get some done. This was an excellent lesson It was very good and clearly explained I have learned something new! Thanks. I HAVE ACHIEVED QUITE A GOOD RESULTS FOR THE COURSE SO FAR. MY FRIST ASSIGNMENT I HAD 100% RESULTS AND REST BEING 90%,85% 90% ETC. I AM MARRIAGED AND WORK FULL TIME. I DON'T DRIVE BUT TAKE PUBLC TRANSPORT TO WORK. THE ONLY CHANCE I GET TO STUDY IS WHEN I AM GOING TO WORK ON THE BUS. EVEN WITH INCONVENIENCES CAUSED, I HAVE BEEN GETTING FAIRLY GOOD RESULTS. Found this very usefull. I have not had much to do with MS DOS in the past but now have a basic understanding of the commands used. I will be looking to attend the more advance trainning should one become available. Since starting the course I have changed jobs and I am now a bus driver, in the last 5 months I have had to learn 34 bus routes and change my lifestyle to shift work after haveing a 9-5 job for 23years. In July 2006, I separated from my wife and had to give up work to look after my two children. They both still live with me full-time, and as you can imagine, life isn't easy bringing up two young children single-handed. As I left school with no qualifications, there isn't really that many options for me workwise at the moment to earn enough to pay for childcare and still have money for bills etc. at the end of the month. In September last year, I decided that it would be better for me to spend my free time studying to gain qualifications so I could get a better job in the future once the kids have got a bit older. I decided that I would like to work with computers and looked for courses that would help me gain the relevant qualifications. I decided that I liked the idea of the PC engineering course that Skillstrain were offering and signed up for it in September last year. Since I started the course, I have had one setback, where I had to restart the course again from scratch with the new 2006 objectives, as I knew that I wouldn't be able to complete the old 2003 objectives and be ready to take the exam by the end of June 2007. Although it is hard for me find time to devote to studying, through what I have learnt up to now, I have been able to fix problems with my own PC, which I would never had been able to do if I had not been doing the course. Hopefully when I have finished the course, and pass the exams, then I will be ready to start looking for work again, and be able to get a worthwhile job, not something pointless like a trolley collector at Sainsbury's, or a shelf stacker at Tesco's. I'm just looking forward to gaining the qualifications and being able to get back to work and be able to provide for my children again. I have volunteered to work 6 days a week in a store which provides computer services. The skills training has helped me to understand the subject much better and the voluntary post has provided me the good experience and confidence in fixing the computer problems. By also managing the work life balance, I have been able to score well in the Tutor Marked Assignments.
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