HISTORY ABOUT MY EDUCATION IN UNITED KINGDOM

In 1989, I Godwin EK Amponsah attended Bishop Herman College which is a boarding school. I was in the second year, when I had to discontinue my education because I was living with my Uncle Kofi Adanu who worked at West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) as their Assistant Deputy Head Officer. He travelled to Nigeria with WACE and did not return back alive. So my Mother Christiana Abima decided to bring me to Untied Kingdom for good to stay with her and further my education abroad. So in the summer of July 1991, I moved from Accra to live in Kensington.

I joined St. Mark's CE  Secondary School and in the year September 1993 got a place at South Thames College, where I enjoyed studying BTEC National Diploma in Electro-mechanical Engineering for 3 years. After a great deal of research I decided to read Computer Systems Engineering (CSE) at the University of Sheffield in the year 1996.

I am fascinated by what computers can do particularly the development in sciences of the industrial arts and human needs. The systems aid a lot in solving problems, which so far no other technological instrument is capable of attaining. Above all, the course contains most of the elements I expected from it. That is, to gain understanding of how computers are use at the workplace and the life management skills expected of a person in the society.

The course is a blend of Computer Science (CS) and Systems Engineering. Most of engineering courses have only a single major disciple and systems are becoming more and more complex. For example engineering systems now have a mixture of electrical, electronic and mechanical components and may include chemical process as well. So Systems Engineering brings (Computer, Control, Electronics, Electrical & Mechanical Systems and Medical Systems) together under one branch as Automatic Control Systems Engineering (ACSE). CS is another department by itself.

CSE is designed for student to develop an understanding of the use of computers, both in design and programming, within complex engineering systems and in many diverse applications. This distinguishes the course from standard Computer Science course.

CS involves Information Technology, which I have been learning about already. The other part of CS was complicated to understand. ACS was easier since I did Engineering in College and Pure Mathematics was my favourite subject but I was not better in applied Maths since other matters had to be taken into consideration in dealing with this kind of discipline. Perhaps I should have continued with Engineering instead of this new found science of complicity to get me excited with cognitive understanding of matters in life.

I was in the second year of CSE but after some difficulties I felt that I had been trying too hard to obtain what I don't already have within. So I thought to myself that without possessions what do I have 'to grow, to use and to give' the world. Naturally Literature and Philosophy was the answer. So I changed subject to do an access course at the Division of Adult Continuing Education in order to go ahead with my studies in Sheffield University. 'To be or not to be', that was not the question for my quest of knowledge but to realise my full capacity in wisdom and recognise one's own natural and spiritual abilities.

My Information Technology specialties are 'Computer Programs Managements'. This includes especially, Graphic and Web Designing for media presentations on the Internet, to Multimedia Editing & Productions. I can also do basic IT Support Assistant and maintain software programs and some basic upgrading of hardware of Personal Computers. For example, I own a 13 years old PC with 3 Hard Drives, different Operating Systems, and an upgraded Memory to the maximum possible and with upgraded DVD Writer, all still working in good condition. Except that it is slow to do some task with the old PC, like Video or Audio Editing and Converting to 'Copy' unto DVD. Tasks like Word Processing and a couple of others have no problems of space, memory or CPU usage at all. There are uncountable programs working in good order on the PC thanks to the Internet revolution and the User Friendly nature of earlier Microsoft Operating Systems like Windows 98 Second Edition.

I am a well organised and enthusiastic person who can work well as part of a team or as an individual. I have 3 years experience in Administration and 4 years as a Web Designer which remains my passion. I feel that my enthusiasm combined with my knowledge and ability of computing systems and problem solving; would make me an asset to any organisation.

Written & Completed from 29/09/1997 to 5/09/2007 by Godwin EK Amponsah & was last modified on 20/4/2013