So tomorrow sees Arden off to study at TAFE, hopefully on the way to journeying towards a career in aviation. This year has seen a bunch of changes to our routine including Arden starting to volunteer with the airforce cadets. He has really enjoyed the experience with them so far, and he has continued to enjoy being part of the youth flying club, and so we headed out to TAFE and ECU to discuss options he needs to consider on his path to becoming a pilot.
After conversing with TAFE, we decided that Arden would apply to study a cert 3 in Aviation (Remote Pilot) in term 4. We lodged his application mid last term, and he was quickly accepted on the basis of his year 9 NAPLAN results. There was some back and forth organising things, and although I did some of the initial calls, Arden did all the emailing, and the later phone calls. Given that he is moving into tertiary education younger than his older siblings, I wanted to give him a chance to hear some of the interactions, before he had to do them himself.
Tomorrow Damien is going to accompany him to TAFE, as he hasn't been there yet, and it will be a bit strange around here! For this term at least, I will only have Irving to home educate. The course is a full time study load, although he only has to attend two days a week.
For more on tertiary life, there's a bit of info here regarding Willow getting into university, and a post here on how she found university. Plus some info here about Gabriel getting into TAFE.
Willow's process involved a lot more examination of specialised skills as she had to audition and be tested, and submit a portfolio to get accepted. Gabriel needed a year 10 report. The older kids had very different experiences getting into tertiary education for the first time, and although there were some hiccups, on the whole the process was positive.
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