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For the past couple of years I have suffered from severe depression, during that time I have lost my job. And being a single father to a 15 year old son, and very little income, the stress and worries of survival have made things very difficult. Having started the course I have found that I have gained more confidense in myself and in my abilities of computer know how, having succeeded in obtaining 100% in my last 3 TMA's it has boosted my self confidence no end, especially as the last TMA sent was a written assesment and not multiple choice. I look forward to achieving other high marks and eventualy obtain the job I have always dreamed of in the IT industry, and earning enough money to look after my son in the way he deserves. I am currently studying Computer systems engineering at Birmingham University and hoping to graduate this year. What I have learned at the University so far has got nothing to do with PC installation and maintenance. So I don't really regret joining Skills Train. I must say the course has broadened opportunities for me especially that I am a lady. I had the confidence to make my own PC which I am currently using. Last week I had to apply my N+ skills even though I am still doing Part A of N+, to put RJ45 connectors into cables and then connect PCs to the internet. This was fantastic. Well I must say your material was useful to me because I just had to recall the notes and did the job. I am hoping to finish N+ and cannot wait to start CCNA I enrolled to A+ certification four months ago with no idea about computers.At the moment I am on TMA 17 and I have done the installation of Windows 98 and XP.I find myself climbing the IT ladder with no problems at all, I do not know if this is because the course is easy, or the booklets are well simplified and uderstandable with the help of tutors, or probably its just my overflowing intelligence.All I know is the climb is smooth. I am working full time at the moment but my best thing is that I give the maximum output to whatever I do, whether it is a work or study...As you can see in my tutor marked assignment results.. success is reflected on my assignments. In lots of pressure in work, I am giving the great results..I consider it is an achivement that I made only by hard work I have completed my CCNA Intro section 1 folder in 1 month, this has been a massive acheivement for me, as I am interested in the course and would like to develop my skills further in the Cisco career. I have also won the best striker award for my football team Brentford Football Club, for this month which I am really pleased about. I started the cisco course in September 2005 with the A+ and the netpro and have successfully finished this and now I am working towards the CCNA. This would of been finished along time ago but I am also a final year student at Brunel University studying BEng Computer Systems Engineering, so at this time you can imagine I am very stressed. Well what can I say, Thanks Skills Train and the tutor team,with your help and a lot of hard studying I've passed the CCNA INTRO exam. I took it on the 7th Feb at Lewisham College. To say I was a bit nervous the night before is a bit of an understatement. I always had the thought at the back of my mind that 'had I learned enough, had I gone over and over my course work enough times for the relevent information to sink in?'. And the answer was yes, at my age (44) it proves that you still have the ability to learn and retain the important information. Since November 2006, which was the last month I handed an assignment in before a large gap, I had been in constant pressure not just in my full-time employment but the pressures that are involved in the arrival of a new born baby. Indeed as time passed I kept thinking about this course and started to ask myself questions whether I could find the time to complete it. This question was further interrogated when I successfully managed to land another full-time employment with a large company in leicester. This news came just before the arrival of our baby and the constant pressures, including stretched finances, just kept telling me that I should quit the course. But I just kept telling myself and prayed that I can make it work which was largely down to the potential rewards if successful. During the last month I have managed to complete 2 written modules scoring 100% in both whilst juggling a busy army career. I was realy surprised at my first score in TMA01. I did not expect to score 100%. This surprised me and inspired me to just dedicate more time to my IT course as a promising career in the making already!!!. I can already see light at the other end of the tunnel in this carefully chosen career in IT. I wished I had started this course 'Yesterday'. I hope for the best and want to do all I can to keep a record score in my TMAs. Give more time to the course and therefore see my dream Job in this career come sooner. Having completed the a+ section of the course I have applied the knowledge aquired and successfully saved my friends £100 's by accurate diagnosis of their problems. One constant I have notice is unscrupulous pc repair shops always tell people the motherboard needs replacing when the fault lies solely with the PSU. In April 2006 I was diagnosed with lung cancer after many visits to doctors and hospitals.I had been complaining of a pain in my back for several months but nobody could pin it down,naturaly I was devastated,after all I was complaining about my back not my chest.I went into hospital in May of the same year where they removed one of my lungs (along with the tumor).Unfortunately it transpired that the cancer had spread to my spine and they daren't operate on it for fear of leaving me paralized.I then had to start Radiotherapy treatment on my spine to try and reduce the tumor there.This has been relatively succesful,but obviously it is always on my mind.When the doctors told me I would not be able to carry on working,I thought that I May as well curl up and die.When you have been as active as I was it's not easy to give it all up,even at my age, 60 years young.That was when I saw an advert for Skillstrain.I knew very little about computers much less on how they worked,but I thought "WHY NOT".I arranged an interview with one of there representatives and HERE I AM.I started studying the course and found it very difficult at first,after all,it's been a long time since my school years.A couple of times I thought about giving up thinking "what's the point" but thanks mainly to my wife and a couple of close friends,I stuck at it.They have given me the support and encouragement I needed,through all the bad times(and a few good ones).I have surpassed all my expectations as my marks reflect.To get reasonable marks would have been an achievment for me,but I am reaching marks of 100% on a regular basis.I can now hold my head up and say "I CAN DO IT".At the onset I didn't envisage taking the exam,but that is now very much a part of my plans.Don't ever let anybody tell you it can't be done,because I have proved,at least to myself,that it can.It has been a very difficult couple of years for myself and my wife,but I can go on knowing that nothing is impossible,it just takes a bit of working at.Maybe some of the other students May read this and take heart from it.REMEMBER,NOTHING COMES EASY,you have to work for it. All that I knew was how to turn it on and if there was a problem I would have to look around for some help now I am able to understand a lot more and when I read about computers I dont have to skip the jargon, I am and will get there I started this course in August 2006, I was not sure I would be able to keep up with the course and also achieve a reasonable result.
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