I have to admit that I sympathise with you, David. Joe makes the valid point about the poor standards of tuition. When a course is offered an attempt is made to justify it - and the pay of the tutor - by enrolling sufficient numbers. If these happen to be drawn from less than able or suitable groups, so be it. The tutor has to do his best to teach against the odds. Of course it doesn't help matters if the tutor himself is a poor communicator (as they often are). Although in principle it has to be better to attend a course rather than read the HELP tab or consult a manual in order to learn a given program, in reality, unless the tutor is especially talented or able to overcome the difficulties he faces in getting his subject across to numpties (your word, David, but a useful one) then it may be best to muddle through on your own.
I've never attended evening classes for anything, having seen the general standard of the tutors back in the 1950s when I compulsorily attended night school for printing (we covered science, English language and practical skills and at the age of 16 I knew more than the English teacher and at least as much as the science teacher). I may be being unfair and it could be that many tutors are indeed perfectly capable of teaching - but that doesn't get around the numpty problem. On cruises I've watched as 'lessons' in basic computing were offered, and have seen the difficulties faced by tutors!
Teaching yourself something like Photoshop is a laborious process and getting older doesn't help, but I've been using it now for many years in its different iterations and feel at home with it. All I can suggest is that anyone contemplating Photoshop for the first time will indeed feel crushed by its apparent complexity... and perseverance is essential. That said it is the best program of its type that I've worked with.
I love the idea of souring with the eagles, which is one reason for my 'Aerodyne' handle - but try as I might, no matter how hard I flap my arms, I remain firmly attached to the ground...
-Tony
I've never attended evening classes for anything, having seen the general standard of the tutors back in the 1950s when I compulsorily attended night school for printing (we covered science, English language and practical skills and at the age of 16 I knew more than the English teacher and at least as much as the science teacher). I may be being unfair and it could be that many tutors are indeed perfectly capable of teaching - but that doesn't get around the numpty problem. On cruises I've watched as 'lessons' in basic computing were offered, and have seen the difficulties faced by tutors!
Teaching yourself something like Photoshop is a laborious process and getting older doesn't help, but I've been using it now for many years in its different iterations and feel at home with it. All I can suggest is that anyone contemplating Photoshop for the first time will indeed feel crushed by its apparent complexity... and perseverance is essential. That said it is the best program of its type that I've worked with.
I love the idea of souring with the eagles, which is one reason for my 'Aerodyne' handle - but try as I might, no matter how hard I flap my arms, I remain firmly attached to the ground...
-Tony
