week 2 22nd sept

September 22Nd- week two and we were in at nine for a PPD1 briefing. this involved testing to see which learning styles were best for us, and as predicted I'm mainly a physical, aural and social worker. i completely agree that I'm a physical learner i love to touch things ill be working with to get a better understanding of what they are and what they can do. i cannot see how the aural learning style will help me but my portfolio has a massive section which i will have to look through. the social aspect of learning is not something i particularly enjoy to help me learn, i don't mind helping other people but i still believe that i like to make lists and organise my thoughts into a logical process to learn. on Tuesday we had the CAD induction, which was basically setting up this blog and working out how to use the computers at college and creating a user name. computers are not my strong point, and mac's are just impossible to work, so I'll have to make sure i make more of an effort to use a computer. Wednesday, another necessary chat about the library, it was interesting to find out that the college subscribed to Italian vogue and other obscure magazines i had not heard of before. the library chat was followed by the freshers fair and as expected we were given lots of posters, free drinks labels and other student items. my industrial machinery induction was not until Friday so i had Thursday off to catch up on some much needed sleep and to attend the freshers party. which was interesting, £3 to get in and a free drink on entry, i think it was the venue that put everyone off. i had been in before but it was by no means my favourite place, but never mind hopefully by the time we have another party i will have met some more people and persuaded them to come. my industrial machinery induction was fun, sewing pieces of paper and having a small description about what each of the massive machines did was interesting, my only difficulty was understanding Hugo but I'm sure I'll get used to him. the machinery induction was finished by 3 with a small warning off Ian that the course would really begin on Monday, so it was back to halls to get my bag and catch the five past five train home.

week 1 15th sept

September 15th- enrolment at Leeds college of art and design to begin my three year fashion course. i decided to become a student at Leeds because i love the city and the course. the course i chose was not for any particular goal in life but because i love fashion and believe it can change the way people feel about themselves. i hope to use luxurious fabrics in my designs because they will have been designed to stand the test of time. the beginning of the course was as expected, dull and tedious thanks to the welcome chats, and the 'necessary' health and safety meeting. the day out in Manchester however was a pleasant break, i had never been to Manchester before but i must admit i found it similar to every other city. apart from the social Aspect to the first week of college the highlight for me was picking the electives, millinery was my favoured subject. i was also interested in the gender studies but thanks to the timetable and my holidays i would not have been able to complete it. the week was finished by the handing in of the summer work, which i was disappointed with. i did not really get interested in the college summer work as it was asked to be completed outside of a file, and i find that working into a book and making a collection is my preferred style of working. as we only got the file to read during the first week i read it over the weekend. hoping that on Monday we might be doing something constructive.