After a break of more than a quarter of a century, I start formal schooling with UNITEC CAT Boat Building on the 7th March. Some adjustment to sitting in class in a formal school setting, which is very different from the seminars and training program back in the corporate days. Also for a change, I am a student and not a tutor or lecturer standing in front of the class - receiving rather than giving out for a change. Another change is the subject matter - non business related.
First day was hectic with the traffic jam along Mt. Albert Road - not used to driving during the morning peak hours. It took me a good half an hour just to move from Sandringham junction of Mt. Albert Road to UNITEC, which would normally take at most 15 minutes.
Lot of new jargons and terms in the boat building trade were presented. So learning quite a fair bit of new information even on the first day. Second day (Tuesday) - getting into drawings which is completely new to me. Needs to use visualisation to understand the drawing - not something I do on a regular basis. Workshop session in the afternoon was another new learning. Third day afternoon was another practical session which is completely new to my learning style. Throughout my career and life so far, I am using more conceptual/thinking style of learning. Visual and practical based learning is new to me though I preferred the latter. Thus I do not find the latter too overwhelming for a start. I am quite a DIY person at home too though my education and training were more in the humanistic areas like HR, training and counselling.
In summary coming from a HR and Training background, this week is quite a change for me. Nevertheless I look forward to more practical based learning which I am more inclined toward (even in my corporate training days, I used lot of experiential learning methodology).
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