Back to School: Round 3, Week 4

I had 3 tests on Monday and we're not even halfway through the course yet.

Through the tutoring I've been doing, I reviewed the content for these tests in much more detail than I would have were I reviewing the material solo. As they are mostly reviewing content, I'm not too worried about them.

Tuesday was the day I was most excited for this week. I got to be a guest speaker at Craig Kielburger Secondary School in Milton. They had a #ProTalk event for speakers from various industries and careers, and the students could choose 3 of the talks to attend. There was 20 minutes of speaking and presenting my slideshow, and 10 minutes for Q & A. If there weren't questions, I would help fill the time by giving some advice for interviews.

I received my marks back for the three tests:
Electronics: 82.86%
Electrical Theory: 91.67%
Instrumentation: 87%

There are 2 more tests next week: PLC's (computer programming) and Prints class.

I'm still liking the PLC class, but it's quickly getting complicated. The hard part for me is I understand the theory, because that hasn't changed. But sometimes I feel like I'm missing the computer language to translate it into the programming. It's like trying to learn a second language. You know what you want to say, but not all of the vocabulary is there yet.

Next week already marks the halfway point. Time flies.

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