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During the last month I have passed my CCNA 1 semester exam with a mark of 92.7% and have been able to help one of my friends by determining the best cable types to install in a new house which is is building. I was able to help reduce his costs by informing him that for a household the would be no benifit in using shielded twisted pair cabling instead of CAT5 UTP. The most significant accomplishment for me was my new job. After a long wait, I have moved into the IT industry. I am now working as a Technical Sales Advisor. Prior to this I was working as a part-time cleaner! Having only started my A+ course in January, I am very happy with my progress. I have just submitted my TMA 23 and I think that the way in which the course material is provided is excellent, and the revision supplements really helped me in remembering what I had covered. The best part for me was having the knowledge to attempt to fix a broken laser printer which ive had lying around the house, OK it was only a bad paper jam, but because I was able to approach the problem with confidence. It was dealt with properly and is now working perfectly. I highly reccommend the comptia A+ course. Over the past few months I have been studying for this award in my spare time whilst taking on more commitments at work. This has made it difficult for me to find the time but after managing my time and studying in a way that enable me to find the time, I have completed my TMA's and in the past 10 months I have completed 30 of the assignments. I have managed to pass each one without having to re-submit. This has give me the confidence to take on new challenges in work as I am confident that it won't have an effect on my course. I am currently submitting around one assignment a week and feel as if I am making strong progress to completing my course. I have only done 3 TMA's but all have been above 80% which was a shock to me that I managed such good scores. I have fixed a friends laptop using some of the info I have learnt doing this course and I've stuck to it I've worked out a study format that works 100%. And my friends and family are proud at what I've achieved. I'm going to keep at it. I'm enjoying every moment of it. I was unable to do my TMA's or even any study for about 18 to 24 month and have only now got the change to get back into it this month. I can build computers, help staff/children with IT skills and etc, install hardware and software onto desktops/laptops, I can also encrypt laptops when staff bring them to myself or even telling them over the telephone step by step procedure and keeping a record of any IT equipment sent to any people either on a spreadsheet or on a word document. Studying is not my strong point, so after doing 5 tma's and not having one needing to be re-submitted, I feel it is a brilliant achievement for myself. Considering I hated studying at school and left with no qualifications. What reinforced this achievement was that I managed to format a brand new fresh hard drive in my mates laptop a couple of days ago. I feel I have achieved loads this past month because I have managed to get through the first section of the course even tho I was struck down with glandular feaver for 4 weeks, then lost my job and had to move home. I'm pleased that I had this course to be honest as it has kept me on an even keel and I have projected myself into my work instead of feeling sorry for myself. I HAVE WORKED VERY HARD OVER THE PASSED MONTH, I FOUND IT VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHICH KNOCKED MY CONFIDENCE AND MADE IT VERY TO OPEN THE BOOK I HAVE BEEN OUT AND BOUGHT A LAPTOP AND PENS AND PAPER AND OTHER THINGS TO HELP. Thanks very much to all the tutors for their surrport and most of all skillstrain and student world. I haven't done any course in a long time and now to achive these marks is excellent. At the same time I have 4 kids to look after, so you can image 24hrs with kids but I still put in as much time as I can. I know with skillstrain I can achive my goal in life. People are now asking me for advice about there pc,s as they know if I dont know the answer the answer is only a phone call or an e.mail away.up to now I have been able to give them all the answers they need I have given them more space on there hard drives I have speeded up there pc,s helped them with networking installed cd and dvd players and copiers and expansion cards and many other things I am pleased to tell you I know more than I realise I know but I wont let this go to my head as all of life is a learning curve and its never too late to learn if I dont pass this course I am pleased to have made the effort.
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