Speaking from Experience

This past week I have been back to my high school to teach the year 12 students how to use Adobe Illustrator. I have always enjoyed teaching, ever since I used to pretend to set homework and write on the blackboard when I was a child. I have been working with a small class of 6 students, teaching them how to bring their drawings to life on screen and the proper way to set up a document for print. I have also been training my old teacher on Adobe software so that she might teach the younger students how to work professionally. Not all of the students enjoy working on the computer, they feel more comfortable drawing and painting but, some of the students have taken to Illustrator very quickly. Next week I plan to go back into Todmorden High School and give a presentation about university and what each student will need to do to ensure they can get a place on a degree programme. I also plan to work with other students who are not interested in design. I feel that as I have lived through high school, sixth form and university I can shed some light on what it might be like for those students who are interested in further education. During my time in Sixth Form I was Deputy Head Student and also leader of the Student Council so it has been great to give something back to the school that gave me so much.