6. No new tricks.

Second to last week off to a... very dull start. Starr has done the impossible.. Managing to do something for 20 years and (apparantly anyway) not get any better at it. Seriously listening to him sometimes is less exciting than a commentary on watching paint dry in the desert. So did a bit of lab book, finishing it up. Nothing else notable. In the afternoon we had Wal for "practical" which consisted of some working out where we are up to in the practical book, working out what theory assessments we hadn't done yet (not only have 2 tomorrow but now have one on wednesday aswell) and various other examples of Wal being useless. after the afternoon break only me and one other guy showed up, because he had a resit to do. Wal was quite disappointed in this it seemed, but he still let us go quite early after doing a couple of little practical things over about 5 minutes he let us go as theres not much point doing anything with 2 students (hey he didnt have anything to do for the previous session so doubt he had more for this one) The one advantage of showing up is he gave the 2 of us a contact for a possible apprenticeship (A friend of Wal's tho so may be useless). Overall mostly worthless day but we did sort out some stuff for our tests tomorrow and practical stuff apparantly.

For now I shall worry about my 2 hardish tests tomorrow.

Might have to study for once.

Another week over already, 2 more to go before I am (hopefully) finished with my "National Certificate in Electrical Engineering Level 2" which is rather annoying to write in a small box on a sheet, and even more annoying to write in an even smaller box on the same sheet, both of which expected... Anyway sorted my enrolment form for next year, assuming I haven't got an apprenticeship or something by February then it's back into it if there's enough places. Should be however as apparantly you need was it 80% of unit standards passed and I believe (don't know if this is right, Wal has already told people to resit stuff who thought they passed) I have 100% so far. So I don't think it is possible to get under 80% at this point. Not that I am going to fail any of course but that will mean a a first bit of seriously required study before Tuesday.

Anyway I am sure places wont be a problem as today there were questions from members of another class we were put with which should under no circumstances be asked by people who ever go near wires (or other people for that matter) let alone are going to finish an electrical certificate in 2 weeks.... so that was a scary thought. In other news we met a new tutor today. Stewart who is somehow more Scottish than Neil, he even gave a disclaimer that we might not understand him. Was better than some of our other teachers by far, middle of the range on first impressions. Now trying to remember them all, Mid to high rated, 2-3 that are better.

Not much else I can think of for now, more focused on the sleep in I am going to enjoy greatly tomorrow.
Hopefully wont hurt myself or others too bad on days off since I learned how to make capacitors with common household items from a semi-sane electrical friend last weekend, and from lessons this week know how to rectify AC supply into DC to charge them. Will see how we go. :)

Back in black.

Aaaand here we are again! Back to course today and like any other comeback I am under-slept and under-understanding of what's going on. Partially because of aforementioned lack of sleep (about 2-3 hours last night, epic wind noise), partially because of missing the last period on the subject we were doing, and key formulas and whatnot so I am hoping that in my free period tomorrow I can catch up like a good student... Will let you know how that goes. Apart from that it was ok, had a drawing test in the morning that I was not entirely prepared for but with a little revision I think (hope) I did ok. Time will tell. Was good to catch up with everyone there, a few were in the same zombie-state I was so we kept ourselves amused with throwing thousands of tiny lollies at various things/people which; in retrospect (and kind of at the time TBH but we were too into it to do anything about it) was kind of stupid and probably rather annoying for everyone else. I doubt it will be as exciting tomorrow but I have bought another few thousand just in case :) Will see how it goes, and if all else fails they taste good and addictive.

Well that pretty much sums it up for today I think, good to get back to it as painful as the 6am wake ups are. Hopefully get more than 2 hours sleep tonight :).

PS:  after tomorrow only 2 more weeks of course left! enjoy these posts while they last! 7 to go.

Frustration, Free time

Here we are, sorry forgot to post last night but here I am with free time as people are currently doing resits.

Yesterday started with a rather uncomfortable headwind on most of the ride in, so I was more sore and tired than normal upon arriving. Then thought I had lost my keys for most of the day. The whole day was tradefit "Consolidated Excersise" which is good practical experience... in theory anyway. It was good for a start, up to about lunchtime but after that I was a bit sick of it and behind and frustrated and it seemed like most people were too. By the end of the day it was worse and everyone just wanted to go home, some just did.
Then going home there was another nasty wind, not headwind most of the time but hugely strong and fast, caused my attempt at straight line ride ended up something like \. Overall pretty frustrating day but good to get a bit more experience i guess. Today was good so far, had the morning with a new Steven which was interesting, practical boards again but not as nasty as yesterday's as smaller and less cold and windy which was another fantastic point about yesterday I forgot to mention.

For this afternoon I am unsure of what we are doing, may have a class with Rob for the rest of the day or may go home and play Halo. Otherwise on holidays from tomorrow and all through next week so may be my last post for a while while I get some much needed rest.

tests results

Hello again, good times. No post again yesterday I am sorry, completely forgot, didn't even remember just when I was about to sleep but hey gives me more to talk about today. Both days not too bad, a test on tuesday, seemed to go ok but some bits annoying, also today we got 'unofficial' result sheet as some of our test marking was taking longer than it was supposed to. but I passed everything we have been assessed on so far. (yay) I was going to upload a picture of the sheet so you can see how well I am doing but it is in my bag which is at the other end of my bed for the moment. Otherwise wow just went blank, can't remember much but it musn't have been very important. Today we also prepared for next week where we will be wiring up a mock up wall thing on monday, assessed but not worth anything (gladly as we have done a tiny bit of practical really) so that should be fun. Glad to be on free days now though. I shall spend the later evening trying to stay awake and drinking some new cider I am trying, and training my drinking habits as I shall be parttaking in a social gathering tomorrow night at this point and I have not consumed more than 2-3 drinks in a night in a long while. so, hopefully that does not end too badly.

Cheers!

Wire loose.

Back again, Strikes over (hopefully), had a pretty good day, have easier transport now with arrangements with people in class, did a drawing assessment in the morning and spent the afternoon getting to do some practical on boards with lights and plugs and switches and things.Strange usually on interesting days I have lots to talk about but today that pretty much sums it up, last week's post was short too. I guess nothing much terribly detailed has happened lately, or I am getting forgetful. Either way I hope I have more stuff to write about tomorrow and Wednesday. Until then: I guess I will have to spend all my attention not spoiling the Doctor Who final for everyone.