Week 1 Tute 10-12

"Do you have fly buys?" If i have to ask that question one more time i think i was going to EXPLODE! I have been at Target full time for the past 2 years and i had to get out. Although I'm a hard worker and had been promised management for around a year i decided it was time to go to university. Target didn't exactly hold much of a future and i felt like at age 20 my life was headed no where. I ended up grabbing that QTAC book applied straight for a BA since i have no idea what i want in the future. When enrolling i picked 4 of the most random subjects and am hoping one of them is one i really enjoy. I picked New Communication Technology because Ive always enjoyed technology, yes I'm constantly on the Internet, i own an ipod and I'm always on the mobile sending an sms.

University life is very different from high school, although i haven't been in high school for a good three years i haven't experienced anything quite like this. There is so much independence involved, you really take on alot. I like the fact that you are responsible for your own actions. I like that you will not be constantly reminded when things are due, you call teachers by their first names and the study is your choice. People are here by their own choice, everyone is here to learn. I think i will find university life hard trying to do it around work, whenever i wont be here ill be at work. Ive found it hard just buying my text books alone but I'm sure there will be light at the end of the tunnel.

My first lecture for this subject was a bit daunting. It went for 2 hours and i was pretty much lost 10 minutes into it. It went into answering questions like:

• What is technology?
• What is communication?
• The Genealogy of old technology.

I found it easier going back over the notes and text in my own time. I find it easier to study on my own. All in all I've had a great first week at university, I've understood the readings that were required and I'm really beginning to enjoy this subject.