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| Name: Maryanne Fletcher |
| Courses: Access to HE ICT |
| Interesting Fact: I’m 38-year-old
proud mother of three. |
I was a support worker for the NHS up until
September, working with people with learning difficulties. Even
though it was a rewarding job I felt it was time for a change, so I
have come back to education after an absence of more than 20 years.
I decided to take ICT because I’ve always been computer friendly,
even though they weren’t in schools when I was little, but then
that was back in the dark ages before mobile phones were invented.
My first computer was a ZX81 and I was about 17. It had a memory
pack that gave it a whopping 16MB (yes MB) memory, and everything
from it was in black and white.
I think the feel of the College is great, very
modern and spacious. The canteen is cheap - 80p for a bacon roll,
and the food is good. Do you think if I also say my tutors are
great they’ll give me a pass? The morale of the College seems to be
high doesn’t it? Despite there being teething problems, across the
board, everyone seems to be smiling and getting on with it.
I’ve also volunteered to be the editor for the
College student newspaper and I’d really like it to be successful.
In order to do this I need help from other students, so if you have
any ideas or funny stories PLEASE get in touch - we’d love to hear
from you. You can email newspaper@don.ac.uk or text DON
PAPER and your message to 88020.
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