SkillsTrain Reviews from Students

It is interesting to discover more about computers, and there uses and hope that by the time I have completed the course, will be much wiser, and hopfully to gain a good career in the future.

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I have achieved so much, its the best learning experience I have ever had. I would like to thankyou all for the chance you have given me to learn. I enjoy the learning experience so much. And I know with this course I will do well in my job in the future thankyou.

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I have decided to give up television and do more studying as I want to be working in the IT world. The job I am doing now is of no benefit to me so the more hours I can put in the study the quicker I will be able to finsh. I spend more than two hours watching TV so why not I said to myself indulge yourself in studying. It is a bit boring at time to read so much but what the heck just do it. So for me this is my achievement I sent in my TMA. I start on the next lesson and by time the previous lesson returns I have finshed the one I am on.

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I have just had my 40th birthday last month and I am really pleased with my progress so far. At first I didn't know how to start which took most of my time to figure out how. I finally got myself going and I am determined to finish this course soon. I am married and have 3 kids aged 11,8, and 6. Currently I am working partime and my wife who is also a student nurse with course coming to an end in November 2007 at Middlesex university. The pressure to get the house in order is so high. Apart from this course I am also studying full time Computer science at Middlesex University since September 2004. Above all I am happy with this course so far.

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WITH THE STRESS OF ROYALMAIL LOOKING TO GET RID OF 40,000 PEOPLE AND HAVING A FAMILY TO LOOK AFTER AND ACHIEVING MINIMUM 90%FO MY TMA'S SO FAR I'M VERY VERY HAPPY I HOPE IT CONTINUES.

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Just starting this course has been achievement enough as I am getting close to being bankrupt. Certainly wasn't expecting to do that well from the course but I have been surprised at how much I am getting out of it so quickly and have been submitting assignments as quickly as I receive my marks from previous TMAs. I have just submitted TMA 5 and am now going to get on with 6.Thank you so much.

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SINCE I STARTED THIS COURSE, I KNEW THE BASIC IN PC AND I COULD OPERATE MY PC AND MY FRIENDS PC IF IT HAD TROUBLESHOOTING. THEY SOMETIMES ALLOW ME TO USE THE PC AT MY PLACE OF WORK. I THINK I AM MOVING AHEAD, AND I KNOW WITH TIME I WILL LEARN MORE.

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A student came to me asking for some help as her system went down. She was using windows 98. Due to the crash she had lost an important essay that she had to submit. I ran scandisk and there were lots of bad sectors and lots of .chk files. I opened each one in turn using notepad and saw that among the gobeldegook there were little bits of english - I went through every .chk file removing the rubbish and then saved the files as .txt. After completing this I handed the machine back. The next day she came back to me almost in tears as she was so grateful. she told me that I had managed to save about 95% of her essay. It left me feeling rather good and it was so very satisfying that I could have helped in such a way.

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Having started on my A+ in October and having to look for a change in career due to ill health. I had managed to get to tma6 then realised that I wouldn't be able to finish before June due to my laptop being knocked over by my daughter and the screen getting seriously damaged. As we couldn't afford to buy a great big new "all singing dancing computer" I decided to build my own from components which obviously worked as I am sending this response to you.

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I have achieved a lot since I have put my heart in to this course, I have learnt how to type faster on the computer, I have learnt all the abbreviation codes such as, WWW,HTTP,TCP/IP,HTML.ETC. I had no idea at all at the begin of the course, since I been reading my text book going online reading, I can say I have achieved a lot thank you skilltrain. I need more of your encouragement by giving me more assignment because I gain more through assignment. Thank you I know every soon I am going to become an expect in wedmaster.

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I only started my Web Master course in January, so I haven't been doing it very long, although I am amazed at what I have learned up till now. I am 42 years old and never thought I would ever be a student again. Up till March everything was going smoothly. My marks for my assignments have been excellent and I'm really pleased with myself.

At the begining of March my partner took ill and was rushed into hospital, he had to go through major surgery, my course was the last thing on my mind. However I would still take my books out after visiting at night, but was just totally brain dead, I couldn't take anything in at all. Still I kept at it and read over and over again. Somehow one night it just all clicked into place, I finished my 1st Java assignment and was amazed when I got 100 per cent. My partner is now home and has 6 months at home to recover before returning to work. I'm still finding it hard just now, trying to fit in my studies with being a full time nurse at home and have thought about packing it in, but I haven't come this far just to end it all because things are difficult at home.

I would like to thank the team for all their help throughout my course and for giving me the confidence to continue.

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Recently I bought my first house and as many people say its one of the most stressful times in your life also I might add the most expensive and because of this I have been taking on more shifts at work and having less time for my course also sorting the house out has taken up even more of my time even though I have still maintained what I feel to be good results in my TMA's and it was only a short while ago I passed my A+ qualification.

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I DJ for a hobby, and have just started using a laptop alongside my turntables, this enables me to be more creative, have more fun and save money. However, when I first got the DJing software ( which basically allows you to play and mix mp3)I tried to play 2 songs simualtainously or mix them, the software froze. After areading the manual more in depth, I discovered that I had a RAM issue,I only had 256 when the software required 512. Thanks to doing this course I was able to sucsessfully identify,where my RAM was on the laptop, identify what type it was, purchase and install it and thus resolve the problem.. And because of this relatively simple task, I felt a great sense of achievement and satisfaction. I can't wait to resolve similar issues and get paid for it.

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I work long hours some days 12 hours some days 14 hours but always find time to work on my Pc hardware and maintenance my achievement would be just finding time to do my work and have a life at the sametime just hard sometimes not seeing family and my mates. I think sometimes work takes over my life.

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I am very happy to doing this course.It is very hard for me but I am trying my best with the help of my teaching team. Thanks to you all.

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I HAVE MANAGED TO UPGRADE MY COMPUTERS MEMORY FROM 128MB TO 512 MB RAM. I HAVE ALSO INSTALLED A GRAPHICS CARD, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMPUTER GAME THAT I HAD BOUGHT BUT AFTER INSTALLING IT ITS PERFORMING WELL. I ALSO UPGRADED AND INSTALLED A DVD RW. AT FIRST IT DID NOT WORK AS I HAD NOT SELECTED THE MASTER AND SLAVE, BUT AFTER READING THE DOCUMENTATION AND MY NOTES I SET THE NEW DRIVE TO MASTER AND THE OLD ONE TO SLAVE AND NOW ITS WORKING FINE.

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I started working life leaving school at 15 with no qualifications and just able to read and write and over the first few years I spent a lot of time getting to know the work. At 18 I started to work for what was then London Transport Executive on the london underground as a porter. Three months later I applied and became a guard and 6 months after that I took up my first post at High Barnet depot. Two Years later I got married and also put in for promotion to a driver. It was while training that I noticed that there could be a quicker way of doing things when problem occured on the train and so I challenged the teacher on this and am proud to say that they took on my suggestion and a matter of course. Once I qualified as a driver I took up my post at Kennington on the northern line. It was while there I got my first computer a commadore VIC 20 and got the computer bug.I started to teach myself thing such as binary, which at first I found totally baffling. However I stuck with it and eventually started to comprehend this and BASIC. With its peeks and pokes.I next progressed to the commador 64 and then started to learn how to address memory addresses and put colour onto the screen and move things about. The 64 VIC chip eventually gave and I replaced this removing the older one and putting its place a socket so that I could insert the chip rather than try soldering it onto the circuit board. After this I purchased an Atari 512 but did not like it much and so also purchased the Amiga. This was a brilliant machine for graphics.

I then decided to quit my job on the underground and go out into the field of computers and become a computer technician. At first I started to work for myself but this proved rather eventful and so I went into the contract market.
Getting my first break through working for an international law firm. This followed other contract work until the bubble burst and so I decided to look for and eventually found a full time job working where I am now.
I feel that for someone who left school at 15 and not been able to read and write properly to eventually find my true calling in the computer industry. thought the journey was long and hard I would say over all it has been worth the trip. To turn my hobby into a career is something I feel proud of.

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I have found the course very interesting and have enjoyed doing the TMA's..
I study hard and looks to me that the results are coming good...
I have had two 100% scores now and am hoping to carry on the same way with hard study and getting my well earned results..

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I TEMPORARILY DROPPED OUT OF THE PROGRAMME LAST YEAR FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS. I AM INTO THE LAST 3 MODULES OF THE COMPTIA A+ CERTIFICATION. IN THE MONTH OF MAY, I WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE 3 MODULES, TMA 10, 11 AND 12. WITH THE CURRENT DETERMINATION TO SUCCEED, I BELIEVE IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE I SIT THE EXAMS.

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Since starting the course I had some knowledge on using computers. But since I have started the course, I can now fully-understand what different things mean in and around Computers. Since I have started the course, I have been able to help many people with all kinds of Computer problems. I feel I am progressing quicky in this IT Course. Thanks.

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I have been able to achieve tremendous success in my course works despite the fact that I'm currently undertaking a degree course in computer and electronics Engineering. I've been able to combine both courses scoring high grades and also had to work to pay my fees for both courses since my parents were declared bankrupt. I've received great motivation from friends and my mentor. I've always had the believe that I was born for greatness and will always succeed in everything I do. Thanks

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Being 39 and just starting to study for the last career move in my life and fitting study time around my very long hours of normal work which is totally different to I.T. Having taken and passed the first 2 assignments with quite surprising score (to me)of 85 and 100%,now studying the next assignment.

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