Where I am now!

I started on the FdA Web Design course short of two months ago and so far so good. I’m really enjoying the course. My first assignment was to write a report summarizing different views on different aspects of the web design industry. This has helped me to become aware of what is happening in the web industry at this period in time.

I’d been extremely worried about failing my first assignment as I didn’t know what was expected of me. Thankfully my class let me received my results first and I then found out that I had passed! Passing this assignment made me feel ecstatic. As I’d worked hard on producing this report to a professional standard getting the mark I did made me feel proud.

My second and current assignment is to produce a design spec for a local hero/heroin and found a local councilwomen who I would love to create a web site for. In a few days I will be meeting her to find out what information I can put on the web site.

All together we have three assignments to juggle with. At first I found it easier than expected until my grandfather passed away and since that moment my life seems a bit hectic. I have to divide my time by seeing my family, focusing on college work and actually going to work. I am ashamed to say that I feel as though I have fallen behind at college from where all the others in the class seem to be at.

Another assignment is typography in which I currently have to memorise 50 various typefaces. This assignment is one I feel I am struggling on. The typefaces that look similar, such as Helvetica and Arial, are going to take me a while to pick up. I feel as though I’m not picking this up as easy as other people can. I think I need to look at typefaces like these actually in use to determine the difference between them.

I feel as though I’ve got to know everyone on the course quite well and enjoy spending time with them in and out of college. I like how diverse individuals in the group are yet we are all able to get along well. There are plans to do group activities together which I am looking forwards to.

I currently work at Asda in Wakefield as a counters colleague, they are the serve over ready meals [SORM], deli, rotisserie, pizza and fish counter. I mainly work on the pizza, curry and fish counter, three days a week. I’ve worked here for a year and in all honestly it’s not where I’d want to spend the rest of my life. My uniform isn’t flattering in the slightest.

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Where I have come from

I’ve always had a goal to pursue a career in computing, as I can easily sit in front of a computer for hours but I figured there isn’t much room to be creative if I only studied computing.

After school I spent half a year studying ‘As’ levels I took information communication technologies, business studies and sociology and found that this kind of educational establishment wasn’t suited for me. I spent some time looking for an appropriate course that would suit my needs and thanks to an old friend of mine I applied to study a National Diploma in Graphic Design as I thought I could merge being creative with computers.

After two years of studying a National Diploma in Graphic Design, I found that the only assignment that took my interest was one in particular which involved me in creating a basic web page. This assignment gave me enough freedom to be creative and I didn’t have to move an inch from the computer screen. This one assignment led me to looking for appropriate courses to study within my area. I knew from the start I didn’t want to move away from home due to the costs involved.

As I was already a previous student to Thornes Park College I saw the web design course signs posted around my college. I asked my previous tutor to arrange an unofficial interview with the web design tutor so I could get an insight as to what the course involves. Steve Smith would certainly make a good door to door sales man as since that moment I’ve been hooked on this course. It’s all I wanted to do and I didn’t want to do anything else and so I applied for the FdA Web Design course.

The day of my interview was very nerve-wracking for me. I’d woken up very early that morning getting myself ready making sure all my work is there. The interview itself was rather delightful. My nerves calmed down and I was just able to be myself. I’m guessing I gave a good impression because I received a letter through the post saying I got a conditional offer, which made me feel ecstatic. I worked hard on my graphic design course so that I would get the right marks to get me into the web design course and I did it.

I got in.

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