The Security class is very interesting. I have learned that security has to be balanced with availability: if your PC is so secure that you can't even access your files then it's too much!! LOL
We are learning all about CIA triangles (this has nothing to do with Central Intelligence and everything to do with computer information security!) and the McCumber Cube. Fascinating stuff!!
Networking class is incredible! (Yeah, so I could have gone into this instead of Web Design - I would have been just as excited!!) I think I could REALLY get in to this stuff!!! LOL
As to my PHP class: we haven't gotten far enough in it yet for me to have any idea how that is going to be. But I have learned that PHP is in the top 10 programming languages, along with JaveScript and XHTML - which I have already had. And, I have downloaded WAMP and CAMstudio on my PCs and even played around with CAMstudio. I made an informal, unpracticed, desktop demo about folders and how to open them. WOW! This is an incredible program - and it's free!!! Just go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/camstudio/ to download onto your PC.
My 4th class, which is NOT a computer class, is a very much needed class for today's younger college students: Interpersonal Relations and Professional Development. Mrs. Silvia B. Palmer is our instructor. She is a longtime friend of my mothers who I had met once many years ago. She is very knowledgable in her topic and has many years experience teaching and lecturing. I am blessed to have her for this class. I am sure I will learn much - including how to teach a college level class, as she has asked me to teach a particular topic. (She is eager to get suggestions from her students but I had NO idea she would ask me to teach!!)
One of the challenging things we have to do in her class is to memorize each students first and last names and be able to point them out!!! I am fairly good with names and faces - but 27 students??? Lord, please HELP me!!
I have long thought saying someone's name when you speak to them, especially in greeting and parting, is very important. Now I get to put that into practice in the classroom. (Let me state here that in all my classes I make a point to learn as many student names as I possibly can - but usually only their first names, and; I always address teachers (and most of the staff) correctly - by Mr. or Mrs. (or Ms) and their last name: Mr. Long, Mrs. Black, and Mrs. Palmer. Some of the staff are addressed by placing their first name after the Mr. or Mrs.: Ms Tiffany, for example. (She is one of the Rotaract organizers.)
Speaking of Rotaract...
I am involved with Rotaract, sponsored by Sunrise Rotary Club, again this semester. I love the social atmosphere and the community service we do as a group. Today we met in the school dining annex at lunch and handed out flyers about our up-and-coming meeting on August 29. We are trying to increase our club membership. Hopefully we'll pull in some new members.
HEROES, a support group at school for older students and/or students who are in challenging situations, is another group I am involved in. While it is an information and help source it is also social. I enjoy that. Out meetings are very informal.
Having just requested info about another club at school, Phi Beta Lambda, I may become involved in that as well. It is a leadership club that offers free leadership conferences which would be invaluable as a business owner/manager.
Anyway, as you can tell, this promises to be a full and fullfilling semester - I plan to work hard and enjoy it to the fullest!!!
I am still gung-ho Web Desgin but can see that Networking would be a nice, and very beneficial, compliment. I may well go for that diploma next, and had said as much to Mrs. Black during the summer term - well before I had any networking classes. And it is even more true now! But time and finances will tell.
After I get my Web Design diploma, or perhaps when I am close, I plan on switching to a degree. It will mean about 2 more semesters but will be well worth it. I might even be able to pull in a Networking class or two to fill in space in one or two of those semesters - that is why I have a Networking class this semester.
On another note: I have published two Web sites that I designed. Note the name of my business at the bottom of each page: Su-Jobi Web Design. Here are the links to each one:
http://www.smithservicespartsandrestoration.com
http://www.swingswing-along.com
Thank you for your interest and for taking time to read my blog. I hope to update it fairly regularly - at least every other week - hopefully more! So stay tuned! LOL
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