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Thought I'd mention that my final university results have been tallied. However, as I'm in Canada I'll have to wait a bit for the official final verdict. That said, it has been revealed to me that I got 67% in my final year project. By my calculations this equates to a first class degree (based on this and the results from my other modules); so fingers crossed this is the case.
On a side note, I hope you all like the new layout/design for the blog. I grabbed the template for it from here.
Well, at long last I've completed my university final year project! And I tell you, it wasn't easy!
I started a project at the beginning of the academic year, but could not muster the motivation needed to get on with it.
Eventually it was decided that it was going nowhere, and that I should start a different project after my final exams. Furthermore, due to extenuating circumstances, I would also not be penalised for doing the project later.
The project was basically a web application for a two player strategy games system developed by one of the university lecturers. I submitted the report last week, and did my viva last Wednesday.
So it's over, it's finally over! No more coursework or exams for the foreseeable future, awesome!!!
Well, at long last I have housemates, yay!!! After almost 2 months of living on my own it's great to have some hustle and bustle.
Moreover, I have now started my placement. Basically I'll be working at 2 schools in the Woking area as an IT Support Technician. In the mornings I'll be at a primary school, and at a secondary school in the afternoons. However, on the first day I did nothing, as when I got to the school there was no one there, and after ringing both schools with no response I decided to call it quits and head on home. Today was much more eventful though, plenty of things to do at both schools.
Also the driving lessons are going well, 23 so far, and I have my theory in a couple of weeks. Getting to work will be so much easier once I have a car, I'm looking forward to it.
Well last week I had my handover period for my placement. Basically I was working alongside the current placement student, Ben, so I could find out what would be expected of me when I start in September.
I personally think it went very well. I got to see both the schools I'd be working at, Pyrford Primary and Bishop David Brown Secondary. The day is split over the two schools, mornings are at the primary school, and afternoons are at the secondary school. The primary school seems more chilled, but I would be on my own looking after the IT, so it'll be seat of the pants time! At the secondary school I have a bit more support with me in the IT department, so I'll be able to get help if I don't know what to do.
I thought the kids would be a problem, but they weren't. The primary school kids were great, they had loads of energy, but tended to just get on with their work rather than bother me. The secondary school kids just got on with their socialising and pretty much stayed out of our way. However I did get some whistling from a couple of the girls when we were lugging some monitors around, hormones.
Anyway, I reckon overall the placement is going to be fun, but maybe a bit scary. I'm looking forward to it!
Well, my exam results are finally in. Here's a quick rundown.
Some of the marks were not what I was hoping (such as my piss poor marketing result), but as long as my average is above 70% I'm happy. Well on my way to a first class degree.
Now all I've gotta worry about is my placement year.
Finally the last exam of the year is over, and it went very well thank you very much. That means I won't have to do another exam for a year and a half, fuck yeah!!!
Next up is climbing a mountain, Snowdon to be exact. It's for the Starlight Children's Foundation, the charity that Blockbuster (my current employer) support. Problem is that I have to get up at 3am, talk about your early starts. However the benefits of the trip may very well make up for this minor inconvenience. Not only is there the raising money for charity, there is the challenge and the fact that it should be fun; and other reasons that I won't go into here.
So here's to the end of the bloody exams and to the future!
Well the Future Foundation people never got back to me about that placement, I guess the interview didn't go as well as I thought.
I had another interview with a company called CMed last week. Personally I thought it went near perfectly, but I was pipped at the post and didn't get that one either. After that I was pretty pissed off, and seriously thought I wasn't going to find a placement.
However, I had another interview today for the SHINE Partnership of Schools. Personally I thought I performed really badly, but then I get a phone call 2 hours later with an offer for the job! I couldn't believe it!
The placement will involve me working in all aspects of IT at 2 schools. Should be reasonably challenging. It's going to be weird being in a school environment as a member of staff. I hope the kids are well behaved ... yeah ... who am I kidding?
So, at the moment I'm trying to get a work placement as part of my degree. I had an interview today with "The Future Foundation". Their company is based in London, so I had to catch the train in. An hour and a half and 3 trains later I made it there, but I was an hour early. It was either that or 5 mins late, so I thought it was best to go for the ridiculously early option. I used the extra time to get a look around the area.
The interview itself went very well I think, and I'll get an answer by Thursday! That's pretty damn quick! The job would be great as I'll be doing a wide variety of things, and won't be tied down to just one area, and I'll actually have a fair amount of responsibility, so I won't be stuck doing boring menial work.
Well, fingers crossed.
