Course Overview

things I learned:

People are much more capable beings than they put forward. People can do amazing things if pushed hard enough, and if they allow them selves to be flexed under pressure.

Skill level rating, is a hard one to pinpoint, because it's so open ended with the different directions of the course, I can't really say definatly, but I'd say I started the course at about a 7 out of 10 and now I'm a 9. Only at the things I dedicate myself to. Anything else is just unconsious thinking and learning.

soft Maths and programming, I knew I wasn't going to do amazingly at, and maybe that's because I thought, and believed I wouldn't. Maybe I never really tried as hard as I could have. I have allways been really off with numbers. At times they're too open ended, but at others, really linear. I'm more of a lateral thinker, I don't think much in patterns and set modes. I like to experiment and venture out creatuively, and I can't seem to do that with numbers as I can with physical art.

3D, I got better at, but mostly because of outside experience. I got better at using Blender, but to me, using Blender and being great at 3D graphics are riding the same train, but in two different carriages if you know where I'm going with this.

Bitmaps, digital imagery, I certainly improved on, but mostly outside class as well. Most of it wasn't really owed much to the work at tafe, more of my outside game industry work, but I still learnt alot about flash and vector art.

video, I had alot of fun with, it was hard and pretty overwhelming at times, but It was a great experience and I had a load of fun doing it. I wished there was more focus on editing though.


all in all, the course was a great learning curve for me, allowed me to meet other people and work with them, nut out problems and do alot of fun stuff.

Reflections on Discrimination in the workplace

I have some pretty harsh and conflicting views on this one. I mean, if your gay, that isn't really the normal mainstream thing, and being programmed for one gender in our anatomy as we are, those who step outside the box in terms of gender relations are offen frowned apon, wierd and strange, dirty.

Racism I don't tolerate, but at the same time, everyoen has their staples. there are good and bad peopel everywhere, that's a pretty general thing, but I think peopel shoudl be given the benefit of the doubt, until they act like a jackass.

Sexism, I dunno, in this day and age never really comes across to me. It only ever occurs if you run into some jockish last generation asshole. We can't really mence words here, people are what they act, and if they act like jerks, I'll give them that status in writing.

In terms of all this and the workforce, racism and homophobic I can see happening in certain industries, the common belief that aboriginals are dirty and have so self respect or heigeine, would be a task for them to get a job in hospitality. As very close minded as this is, it's an ongoing fact, and I aknowledge it.

Sexism, I dunno, these days you'd have to be really proud and prominent of your own sexual gender to cause a schism with other people. I think most who claim sexist descrimination are themselves projecting their own form of sexist double standard.

No ones a saint in this planet.

How I Appear to others

I'd like to think I come across as honest, I mean, I'm only ever me, I never step around the bush or pussyfut away from the truth, which may upset people who don't necesarily like what they hear, but I consider that their problem, not mine. I am very well grounded on certain apsects of the course, so at times I possibly come across as egotistical and up myself. I guess that sort of stuff comes with knowledge itself.