ITT: Blue Emu Brags Shamelessly

So at 57 years old, I finally decided to go to college. Taking a one-year IT course at the New Brunswick Community College.

I'm in a class with a bunch of youngsters, whose parents probably hadn't even met back when I had my first job in IT (in 1975).

The syllabus includes Networking, the OSI and TCP/IP models, Server Configuration and Management, Computer Hardware (including assembly, testing, troubleshooting, repair, upgrading, etc), Applications, SOHO, Operating Systems (Windows from XP to Win-8, Mac OS-X, Unix derivatives, etc), Mobile devices, Programming in VB and HTML5... as well as the usual non-IT courses such as Interpersonal Communications, Job Safety, Customer Service, Job Prep, etc.

Just wrote my final exams for the Winter-term courses... and scored 276 out of a possible 278 points: over 99.25%

That'll teach those whipper-snappers!

... and GET OFF MY LAWN! mumble-mumble-mumble...

hahahahahaha you the grumpy old man haha

Haha  Great job!  : )

Blue Emu:

..That is just fantastic~

(i do mean your test score)

.. Polar-opposite,, i would somehow gingerly, like to reveal, how (i) have been surprised to find that, returning to the game, of chess, i have been feeling somewhat un-positive, as i am encountering that Chess - does not seem as approachable as i remember as a (kid).. Your Chess Suicide post was shocking! to encounter,  ;^)  just now.. (~that's a Jughead smiley~)  --Along with forum posts, (namely the ones whose subject is qu. of strategy/ in openings and such), & the replies which inform one to investigate prior documented (games), i am very wondering about how chess-playing seems to rely somewhat,, on (past-tested) managing of the game pieces..  ..I feel, that, memorably, the game i played, was more spontaneous, and use of your own original deducing, was the process (i) would go through?  The Chess Suicide submission was fascinating, but, could not/should not? the game be played more cut-to-the-quick?  (Referring to the post):  The placing (your piece) in reach of capture, eg. the two battling bishops/facing off, & retreating, was eye-opening, for me (a fledgling).  

I hope you do not mind this train of thinking? ..I am missing knowledge! i know!!   i do not mean to write something erringly, and i am loving Puzzle of the Day at least,, and the additional added puzzles members post..  I do think, reviewing chess openings is actually, what i will venture to do next.. and i will take the advice from the forums..  Best wishes,,

Thanks, Neena.

Update: I graduated college a month or so ago, with a final (year's average across 18 subjects) GPA of 4.265

I've been offered a paid one-year internship as an IT support tech at the Applied Studies Unit... the computer research lab of the Tactics School, Combat Training Center, Department of National Defense. Starts less than a month from now.

EDIT: Here's a thread that you might enjoy reading. It's a loooong post, though.

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/my-big-break-in-show-business-and-how-i-broke-it

I'm afraid I missed the reference, since I don't know the dude.

Did you read the sad story of how I ruined my show-biz career?

I'm impressed. Most people don't have the attention span.

No-one has yet replied tl;dr (too long; didn't read)

WooHoo Congratulations!

                  A grumpy old man at 57 ??   What was that phrase you used? Its the same in music.  Soar and collapse, soar and collapse.  Careful; if you get too good at combat training school, Erik may want to hire you.  We can use some combat instructors in the forums these days. 10 million members and only a few know HOW to use threads.

And that is the last thing you want.

Rough hours