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My first tutorial was Saturday morning. I got there in plenty of time and waited for the tutorial beginning. As I was waiting, i watched the chat room fill up. I said hello. As did 99 others. Susan was the Tutor and this was all about introducing DD102.

The tutor put everyone at ease and the session was going really well, there were a few mishaps with Adobe, but thats probably normal i think. But then i got to watching all the questions that were being thrown at the Tutor. Some questions were relevant but some questions were spoken in a language that i can only assume is academic language. I’m not particularly inept, however sometimes i just wonder if people do it for that air of superiority ? I did ask at one point if they could say it all in plain English that is easy for people like me, but, that didnt happen.

I will make a promise to myself that i will never speak like that on any forum, academic or otherwise.

So thats it my course has begun. I’m excited now as having listened to the tutorial, the Tutors are human. They are not these people who constantly live in their world of academia speaking gobbledegook to everyone. She actually spoke in plain English. That has relieved a lot of stress and i can now put my dictionary back in the cupboard. Ive got the tools, I have the urge, now its time for me to do this. The Street. I cant wait.