The IT Crowd

Returning to Education

 

After being out of work I decided to go back to school and get some qualifications in IT. Thinking that I may be too old to learn new things I was surprised to see a lot of older folk there to, all eager to get with the IT crowd.

 

Some of the students at the college are like me people out of work getting qualifications that can help get them back into the workforce. But there are some people there who are retired and want to learn the basics, getting connected to the internet and writing and sending email. People who have, had no experience with computers.

 

As I haven't been in the education system for a while I was quite surprised to see just how much things have changed in the college. The library at the Filton campus is most impressive. It has as you would expect an extensive collection of books and there is of course plenty of computer terminals as you would expect. But libraries have changed since I was a child this place was buzzing and quite noisy. It did say over the door that quiet conversation is allowed but when that is multiplied on fifty to sixty tables it does get pretty loud. Bizarrely though there was a section marked as the "quiet area" which was completely empty.

 

There is also something else to be noted the noise in the library not called this anymore it is now a Learning Resource Centre. The noise was made doubly irritating by the fact that the Bristolian is the worst thing that my ears had to endure. Imagine a hundred Gareth Chilcott's all talking at the same time nuff said.