SkillsTrain Reviews from Students

I am a Mum of two childrens a little girl of 2 1/2 and a little boy of 1 year old.
I have been studying Webmaster design since October 06, so far I have managed to complete 3 assignements which I have achieve grades from 83% to 100%, Yes it's possible. It has not been easy as children need so much caring and lots of patient too. I have managed to study between the morning and afternoon sleep of my kids and I try to complete the assignement in the evening when I have some peace and real quiet time.

I must say, I wish I had more time to study as I have learned so much about Outlook, Internet. So far, I feel I should be doing more to progress in my study but after talking to the tutor, I have reasure that it's better to study slowly and thoroughly.

I would like to apologise for my written English as French is my mother tongue and I have improved markedly my English throughout the 9 years I have been in this Country.

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My achievement is more personal, I had a relationship breakdown over christmas ending a 13 year relationship, left raising my four children,alone. I took a month out to sort myself out, and now im back to studying did myself a study timetable, and I am now focused on the task in hand.

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I have completed two assingments so far. This first assingment was not the best result but after resubmitting it I achieved 93%. On my second assingment I received 90%. For me this is a major achievement as before this course I have never used a computer. My partner purchased this computer in September an I have been slowing exploring the computer and now I can send email, surf the net (knowing what all the icons mean), type (not very fast but not taking 5 minutes to find the last letter typed). I have learnt how to set up my own personal setting, download music and pictures.
I am loving each day of my course as I am learning what makes my computer function. My partnes laughs at me as I now correct her or point her in the right direction when using the computer.

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At the start of 2006 I felt that I didn't have a future because I failed most of my college courses and felt down and out, but about 1 year later a slip came through the door with the name "SKILLSTRAIN" plastered on the front of it. I knew straight away that it would be great for me, so I got myself registered online. Now I'm about 1 month through my course and everything is going great, I recommend it to anyone!

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So far this month I have handed in 3 assignments. of which 2 have been marked scoring 100%. I have little time to study as I wake at 6am to get a bus 20 miles by bus to and from work 5 days a week. I study on the way to work, on the way back from work and every other opportunity I get. I have logged on to student world numerous times and collected alot of useful information. Thanks to this my motivation for studying has increased significantly and now see studying as a pleasure not a chore.

I have viewed the recorded online virtual classroom lectures and made many notes of everything I've seen. Im going for my third 100% assignment this month because of the routine I have slipped into thanks to skillstrain. This course has not only helped me achieve a greater understanding of networking concepts, but has also turned me into a highly motivated and well organized person. The thought of succeeding in this course has given me the motivation I need to enjoy my current job, so now it doesn't feel like a mission to do my day to day activities.

Thankyou so much guys!

Regards,

Sam.

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My mum is a mobile hair dresser and she has a customer just over the road from us. She is deaf and has dificulty moving around and she is also on a pension. She has a daughter about the same age as my mum, but she has a mental disability. They asked my mum whether I could come over and look at their printer as it wasn't working. Now I have to work and study during the week and also find time for my girlfriend as well, but managed to free up some time for them. Now I thought it would be simple (eg a paper jam), oh no. For some reason it just did n't want to work I tried everything and then eventually had to say to them that they needed a new printer. They asked if I could get it for them and I did. A HP deskjet 300 series. Now I forgot to mention that they have only got windows 98 as their OS and so it wanted updates which it could n't get as the computer was n't on the internet. So I went home found the updates that should have made it work with windows 98. Didn't work. I call the help line. They told me to use a different update, but when I looked at the file name it was exactly the same. As every one was getting frustrated and the ladies daughter was having withdrawal symptons as she likes to use it for drawing, typeing and for playing on. So I found my copy of Windows ME and installed it onto their computer and now the printer works. This all took about three weeks, but that was due to the fact I had around thre hours a week I could give them. I 'm glad I could help some one out like that with my busy schedule and I 'm glad to say that they were very pleased with the end product. Also her daughter keeps telling my mum how she keeps finding new things to play with. I 'm now striving even harder to finish my courses as now I want to do more and get out into the world, so I can help every one.

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When I erolled on the course I wasn't quite sure, I had my douts and felt quite frighten. Didn't really know what I was doing, then I started reading my foundation book and I got really excited, I managed to understand things that where completly alien to me and managed to reach my 6TM Assignment in quite a short time and I am still very excited and ego to learn more.

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I am managing my time to get in the study of my course though it is very difficult regarding the nature of my current job. I recently deployed out in the field for 2 weeks as manager of 35 person. Which was very hard to manage time for study however I took my course book to keep continuation of study. that is way I have submitted TMA3 straight away on my return in home. Because I want to finished this course while I m still in this job (Army). So that I can start my 2nd carrer straight out of this job.

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At work there was a blackout for about a second and the tills has closed down and when we have booted them again there were some errors and the system was not realising the income as we were serving the customers. Nobody in the shop knew what can we do and the manager was going to give a call to head office to ask for help and I siad wait a minute I think I can do it. I closed down the OS, pulled of the modem, waited ten seconds, put it back and loaded the program again. After that the tills were able to find every single transaction and they were working for 100%. My manager was happy that I could solve this problem while she was in panic. I was proud that I was more clever than the manager.

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Hi just started and loving the chance to start again been out of work for the last 4yrs due to illness (m.s). I have a wife and 2 children so study time is limited but glad to say I enjoy learning somthing new and was happy to say I got 95% on my tma01 hoping next month is as good

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I have been studying (many evenings into the early hours)as a complete novice at the start of the course ,it has really bitten me now.I love the design work and in my spare time I like to paraglide.At a club meeting recently I mentioned to the club director that the club site was looking not too good and I said if he liked I would put a rough draught together.He said he would like me to have a go.So I actually redesigned the club logo did all the art work,redrew the site maps did the animation,and relevent pages,with html,javascript and perl and gave him a copy on disk.Last week I received an email telling me to check out the club website.Their old website had gone and been completely replaced by mine and also I have received so many emails from people telling me how much they like the site so I am very very happy,now I have all the server codes and am now the club webmaster.The previous webmaster of their old site is also a club member and a proffessional 'webmaster' and he was very pleased with the site I put together that completely replaced his.I am a happy man.

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I scored 19/20 in the aptitude test before I was offered a place to do this course, I also scored 75% in my first Tutor marked assignment and 93% in the second assignment. I've been very much encouraged with this achievement because I graduated since July 2004 and have been praying hard to find a career. I've managed to cope with the pressure of having to go to work, take care of my family, and doing the house work. I have been feeling very fufilled since I started this course. I have also understood a lot more about my laptop. I had it for four years but known little about the specifications. I now know what to buy when next I will like to buy a new one. I've also understood what it means to upgrade a Computer. My laptop had been quite slow for sometimes now, but I learnt from my study to defragment the hard drive at regular intervals to improve its' performance and I have done so. I've learnt a lot about printers and known what to buy when next I want to buy a new one. I have learnt a lot about the relevance of IT in the business world having watched the DVD video given to me. I'm so excited because I'm sure I'm on the right track. I'll work hard to become a Database Administrator.

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I often used to upgrade my PC and spending lots of money on motherboards etc. I used to think the more you spend the better the PC. In some respects this is true as we are using moore's law and components are getting more powerful by the day! However after getting through the first two assesments, I have begun to appreciate components a lot more. And that it's not worth forking out hundreds of pounds on upgrades when I have a great PC already!!

I've managed to get mum to use the internet. She couldn't even swith on a PC before!!

Even though my Grandfather passed away on 16 Feb 07, I have managed to get through to the second assesment (even though a little delayed). I'm hoping for a good score.

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I suffered a left sided paralyzing stroke the next day after the london bombing in July 05. until nowI'm still desperately recovering. although my left hand and foot are still not completely ok. my mind is still doing ok and struggled and really did my best to make the most of whatI have in life henceI decided to study in this cyber college. I will make it through. I know I will.

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For managing to do up the new house up will still doing my course and then join a band as a bass player, even if it means having to learn the insturment!
Life is for living and 20 hours a day thats what I do.

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I GOT 95% ON MY 1st TMA I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD GET THAT SCORE. I AM REALY PROUD OF MYSELF & I FEEL LIKE I HAVE LEARN'T ALOT .& IT HAS GIVEN ME MORE CONFIDENCE.

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I FEEL THAT I HAVE ACHEIVED A LOT OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS SINCE STARTING THE COURSE THAT I`M ON. I WORK LONG HOURS AS A CHEF AND I COME HOME LATE AT NIGHT TO DO AN HOUR OR SO STUDY TIME ,EVEN THOUGH I HAVE HAD TO RESUBMIT A COUPLE OF MY TMA`S I`M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO REST OF MY COUSRE AND MY FUTURE IN COMPUTERS.

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HI MY NAME IS DAVE AND I`M STUDYING MY A+ N+ AND CCNA. AT THE MINUTE I`M FINISHED MY A+ WHICH I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO MY EXAM IN MARCH AND NOW ON TO MY N+ PLUS WITH I AM GETTING A COUPLE OF 100% AND JUST UNDER. I`M VERY HAPPY THAT I AM GETTING THESE RESULTS BECAUSE I AM WORKING 2 JOB TO PROVIDE FOR MY FAMILY WHICH IS AT NIGHT AND IN THE DAY SO VERY TYRING BUT PLOD A LONG I ALSO HAVE 2 KIDS MY GIRLS 2 AND SON IS 4 TOMORROW WHICH HE CAN`T I HAD A BIT OF BACK GROUND INFORMATION WHEN I STARTED TO STUDY BUT HAVE LOADS NOW I EVEN HELP MY FRIENDS TO FIX THERE COMPUTERS ALL THE TIME WHICH MAKES ME HAPPY. I HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY PROBLEMS GOING ON AT THE MOMENT AND ALSO MY CAR HAS BROKE DOWN 3 TIMES IN 2 MONTHS SO VERY STRESSFUL TIME AT THE MOMENT BUT HOPEFULLY I WILL GET SOME GOOD NEWS FROM MY A+ EXAM. FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE DEAD END JOB I RECOMMENED IF YOU HAVE A SPARE 15 HOURS A WEEK GIVE THIS COURSE A SHOT.

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I hav completed my assignment in couple of days, its very hard for me to find time but I still make efforts because I am doing a very busy job but I never compromise on my motivation to become skilled and more knowledgeable in computer science.

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I have been studying very hard over the past few months as one day it just became clear to me that I had to progress further and achieve something. As you can see from my N+ TMA scores I have not had to resubmit any of the assignments. I have done all this whilst doing DIY in 3 bedrooms, the garden and my garage. I also have 3 kids and a job that requires me to work a 12 hour shift twice a week. It has been hard but I now feel as though I am getting there and the dream of becoming a CCNP is getting closer every week.. Thank you.

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I have a firm belief in myself and I know that I can make my carrer in computers even though I work 9hrs a day still I make it a point to study atleast 2hrs day and I have recently started my cource and planning to make my brighter future in the field of computers

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I HAVE BEEN DOING THE COURSE FOR A WHILE NOW AND HAVE NEARLY FINISHED I WORK SHIFTS TOO SO WORK AROUND IT AM MARRIED AND SUPPORT MY WIFE TOO AND THOUROUGHLY ENJOY THIS COURSE I ALSO STUDIED ELECTRICS FOR CARS AND PASSED AND A CERTIFICATE IN THE MOTOR INDUSTRY WHICH IS REGCONISED BY THE CAR INDUSTRY NOW PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT UPGRADING AND PROBLEMS THEY HAVE AND I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT EXPLAINING TOO THEN WHAT THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE MANY THANKS TO MY COURSE.

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