I
had a very
standard
education
until I was
15.
Personal
problems led
to my being
told to
leave school
before I had
taken any of
the exams.
So I have
spent most
of my life
trying to
'make-up'
for a lack
of paper to
flutter
before
potential
employers. (GCSE's,
O-levels,
A-levels
etc, ad
nauseum.)
This has
lead to me
working my
way up from
manual
labour,
through
retail
sales, to
becoming a
reasonable
competent
administration
bod. I have
taken
National
Vocational
Qualifications
in Business
Admin. and
I.T. but
still no-one
wants me. It
must be
something to
do with my
age!
While
I was
working, I
bought my
first
computer and
taught
myself how
to use word
processors,
spreadsheets
and
databases.
(See Computers).
Luck, and
some good
friends, has
enabled me
to keep
reasonably
up-to-date
on the software
front, so
that I am
only a year
or so behind
the cutting
edge of
office
software.
But I needed
some more.
Thanks to the Government's 'New Deal',
I spent
1998/9 studying City & Guilds
Electronics Servicing at Bromley College, full time,
trying to pass the exams for Analogue, Digital and
Control Electronics. Not something I would originally
have gone for, but a subject I found very interesting
and quite absorbing.
It wasn't easy to learn,
but I managed to get through quite well,
indeed I think I did
very well, to check out the
results click here.
(My C.V.)
Currently
I am trying
to get a
course on
network
construction
and
maintenance,
as that
might be a
better
chance of a
job.
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