Combined Ops

This past week was all classes due to the compressed schedule my class is testing out. The new schedule is nice because it’s putting six weeks worth of classes into only five weeks meaning there is less sitting around doing nothing because the day’s schedule is already done. Basically, the final format of this school is going to be four weeks of class and two weeks of hands on material because they have found that hands-on training allows people to retain information much better. It’s nice that they are finally moving toward a method of teaching that is going to make this information more applicable and more likely to stick in our heads after we take our tests.

MacHeist is going on again. This is the third time I’ve bought a software bundle from these guys because every year they manage to get some pretty awesome programs bundled together at a really steep discount. I think this year the total cost of the bundle would be a little of $1300 if you bought all the programs separately. If you did the challenges along the way as they got ready to reveal the programs that were going to be included in the bundle, you got an even bigger discount (I think I paid $33 dollars in the end). Some quick math would show you that $33 is less that 3% of the total cost of that software! I will never use some of the programs, but others will get used almost daily. Completely worth it.

This coming week is Combined Ops where the SNCOs from the SNCOA down the street come and we mix up our flights with their’s. This way, we get to talk to some people who have been in the military for 20+ years and who have some real world experience when it comes to dealing with difficult bosses, belligerent employees and confused 2Lts. I think both sides are pretty excited about this!