Ssthisto WalkingDeath DancingLight ([info]ssthisto) wrote,
@ 2005-04-26 10:26:00
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Current mood: Nervous...
Current music:Phantom of the Opera

Yes, she really is going to church.
But -not- to "Get Religion".

I've been put forward by my career advisor to a local church that runs a basic IT skills course as a potential volunteer tutor.

So, I've been waiting for a phone call to find out if they want to use me.

I -get- a phone call "Can you come down and teach this afternoon?"

Should be interesting.


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[info]earthdraco
2005-04-26 09:30 am UTC (link)
Good luck!

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[info]komm_susser_tod
2005-04-26 10:56 am UTC (link)
Good luck! I wanted to call before you left, but it looks like I missed you.

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[info]ssthisto
2005-04-26 06:05 pm UTC (link)
Is okay. I got there all right, and I'm going back tomorrow.

If things go well, it's looking like I might have two classes - the Tuesday class, which is four older folk who are complete beginners - and a Wednesday class, though I don't know who's in there yet.

Since you've done stuff like this before, do you have any suggestions for basics? I'm going to be working on e-mail and internet security next week with my Tuesday group - they've just gotten their first Hotmail accounts, and don't know the basics about how not to infect their machines with spyware and virii...

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[info]kaerou
2005-04-26 12:06 pm UTC (link)
Good luck on that! Hope things go well for you... *chuckle* and i like the Avatar.. very fitting };>

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[info]cuprohastes
2005-04-26 12:42 pm UTC (link)
Did you, or anything else smoulder or combust when you went in?

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[info]ssthisto
2005-04-26 02:58 pm UTC (link)
Nah - remember, I'm an ice dragon *grins* And my coffee -did- get cold supernaturally fast.... unless it was because I left it on a windowsill next to an open window.

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[info]cuprohastes
2005-04-26 03:44 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, but realistically, how likely is that? :)

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[info]ssthisto
2005-04-27 05:25 pm UTC (link)
Probably as statistically likely as, say, the sky.

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[info]mandarax85
2005-04-26 01:09 pm UTC (link)
Not quite a job, but I suppose it's something. Maybe it'll get you noticed by an actual paying business? Like the user image if it's new too!

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[info]darkstar59102
2005-04-26 03:09 pm UTC (link)
Congrats. Hope you have a good time.

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[info]drakkor
2005-04-26 07:39 pm UTC (link)
good luck ! }:)

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[info]sadescha
2005-04-26 08:15 pm UTC (link)
Congrats and good luck.

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[info]oboreruhito
2005-04-27 01:13 am UTC (link)
Learn 'em some shit yo!

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[info]rexar
2005-04-27 01:44 am UTC (link)
If you were to "get religious", I think I'd be kind of scared.

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[info]ssthisto
2005-04-27 05:24 pm UTC (link)
Believe it or not, I AM religious in many, many ways. Just not -Christian- religious (though I'm not mentioning that to my new volunteer-employer!) even if I have a reasonable knowledge of their religious texts.

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[info]nexaris
2005-04-27 03:07 am UTC (link)
Good luck!

Concerning internet security, I'm not sure if you'll be teaching anyone about firewalls and virus scanners, but I cannot stress enough just how badly anyone should have a good virus scanner and, if not behind a router, a good firewall. I also strongly recommend Ad-aware and Spybot for getting rid of spyware.

Though I'm guessing you probably knew about all of that already. :)

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[info]ssthisto
2005-04-27 05:23 pm UTC (link)
I'm not going to be going into as much detail as firewalls - we're talking about primarily retired folk who want to be able to log into a public computer and check e-mail. But I'm doing basic e-mail security ("How not to get a virus!") next week for both of my classes... I'll keep in mind mentioning things like Ad-Aware, though I don't want to blind them with stuff that's just going to confuse them.

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