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Despite the recent death of a grandparent and the upset that comes with it, my family and close friends have encouraged me to carry on my studies towards my network+ certification, and I have produced a row of good tma results, and I am now revising for the exam. After several false starts and a year of redundancy, learning a new job, family bereavement and a close family member being found to be in need of kidney transplant I have finally managed to get my course up and running. JOINING SKILLSTRAIN IS AN ACHIEVEMENT,AND PASSING ALL EXAMS WITH HIGH GRADES WOULD BE A SUCCESSFUL AND GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS FOR ME, SO,FINGERS CROSSED THAT THE BRAIN UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE EYES SEE... Ive completed Part 1 Section A. I started the course on the 14/09/07. When I submit my last 4 TMA's I got a BRILLIANT service from my tutors. I'd like to thank EVERYONE who was involved. I've had R.S.D (Chronic Pain ) since 1996, finaly got a new implant to sort out the pain in 2003,now I can learn something new again, I love using my computer. I started this course at the begining of this month and now due to do my 3rd assignment, and feel proud of myself, it's all good fun. When I came here a 1.2 year ago I thought I can never find a job better than work on the production assembly line, After months of trying to find a job close to IT, struggling the studying, homelife, kids and work (shifts patterns) I can finally see that it will all be worth it in the end - thank's to my hard work and knowledge from my studies I got a better job in Virgin Media as a Service Technician and this role will give me more time to study and more time for homelife and will help me to have try move more into the I.T dept. Last month finally I got a new Job close to IT and telecommunication business. I am 30 years old and I have been working in a factorys for most of my life working dirrerent shift patterns I have no skills or future. So I decided to do something about it and sign up with the skills train. I started the a+ (msca course) iam half way through the first book and iam am already giving advice to colleages and freinds how to fix problems and to upgrade their computers.thanks to skillstrain I can see a future infront of me now for me and my family. I have been with skills train now for a year, it has not been easy, my wife has depression and anxiety and up until August this year I have been working 3 jobs as well as doing my A+. Th course has kept me focussed despite not being able to commit as much time as I would like. At the beginning of September I was diagnosed with depression due to my workload and the pressures of family life. The A+ is almost complete and I am looking forward to the N+. With my new qualification I hope to change jobs and reduce my workload. 2008 could look a lot less stressful and a lot more hopeful. I have enjoyed every single part of my course so far and even due to ill health in 2006 and a near marriage breakdown I have returned this year to resume my studies,I'm now even more determind to pass my course and show people that even through aversities and struggles,that I can do it. Since I started my course I have found it very hard to settle into a routine of study due to the hectic pace of life for mdern day young families. I have changed my job 3 times since I started the course so it has been hard to set time aside to study at the same time as getting use to new jobs. I am now settled in my job as a postman which I started at the beggining of April and this October as a family we have made some changes to help me progress with my course. My wife has given up her job at tesco so that she can pick the children up from school, which then allows me to come home do housework and study before the children get home I find it very important to have peace and quiet whilst studying, although I am having to work extra hours as a postman to make up the money which my wife is now not earning so I go in early everyday (4:30am) to make that up, and we are also being agents for avon to bring in a bit extra to help. I have found it very usefull to draw up a plan to set time aside for everything in the day, including study and even the time I go to bed, it sounds very boring but it realy does work. I also had to change my course material to the 2006 objectives as I would not be finished on the 2003 objectives in time to take the examination so that was a bit of a set back to start the tma's again. But as I said we've made changes in October and I have already passed 3 tmas and I am waiting for results on a 4th, I am now determined to continue at this rate until I finish the course and then go onto the N+ course, I'll keep you all posted on my progress. I have successfully secured my first job in IT as support engineer & start on 1st of November. As you can imagine I am very excited to be given this opportunity. I AM WORKING ALMOST 78 PER WEEK... AND I HAVE STUDYING A LOT TRYING TO FINISH MY A+ COURSE BY THE END OF NOVEMBER.... THIS MONTH I HAVE DONE ALREADY 3 ASSIGMENTS... AND HOPE FINISH THE 4 FAST AS SOON AS I CAN...
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