What's your campus like? (1 Viewer)

[champ_sammy_19]

Just wondering what everyones TAFE Campus is like & the pro & cons of not only your campus but also the course

Ok, here's mine
Bathurst Campus

PROS (campus)
Really big
clean
good courses
Big library
(Course)
well taught
good content
interesting

CONS (campus)
Travel time, my course isnt avalible at my crabby local campus
big walk to the canteen coz things are so spaced out
not much at the canteen
Foods real oilly and expensive
(Course)
Heaps of work & very intense
Gets confusing when you have 3 teachers for 6 subjects half the time we forget the subject we're in.

 

[kami]

Well since I do my HSC at several campuses its gonna be a little complex....but here goes:
GYMEA-PROS
Easy to get to
Great humanities teachers
Good Library
Good Maths Teachers(except one)
Relaxed Atmosphere
the ILC
GYMEA - CONS
Bad Science Teachers(except one)
Bad Canteen(I mean really bad)
No Drama or History Extension
BANKSTOWN- PROS
ummm i didn't pay anything
super relaxed( which was a downside in exams)
BANKSTOWN - CONS
Very Very Very Very Bad 4u Math teacher
Hard to get to.
Lousy Times
WOLLONGONG - PROS
Big campus
Really cool 4u English Teacher
didn't have to pay anything
They let me do the Ext 2 English by correspondence with them cos of distance
Really good ILC
Relaxed atmosphere
WOLLONGONG - CONS
Hard to get to
I keep getting lost because the campus is so big lol

 

[champ_sammy_19]

poor thing kami you must get pissed off with travelling everywhere, its such a pain in the arse

 

[kami]

Indeed it is horrible, most of the travelling has to be done at night too which really sucks but sacrafices sometimes have to be made if you want to get what you want, and I am extremely happy with my subjects as they were my second to favourite selections and Extension English is great. How about you? Enjoying your course & campus experience overall?

 

[champ_sammy_19]

Iam, the traveling makes me very tired and its because of that, that I have to do two subjects (monday & wednesday) by flexi-delivery which is hard for two main reasons. One its hard to get movitated when you don't have the teacher of that subject breathing down you neck, I often forget that I have units for those subjects that I have to do and I'm like "Oh sh*t!"
So I'm spending the hols catching up on my units, as well as trying to do the pile of homework lol I think I've learnt my lession do my flexi units as I get to them rather than leave them to plie and have your HT say to you "I want your units done by the end of the holidays" aggghh!
The other reason I dislike flexi is coz when you get stuck you're on your own. As intense as the course is I love it (my only wish is more sleep) But I spose you get that studying something like welfare.
I love my campus wheelchair access is great and I get full-time support in the classroom. All in all TAFE gets the thumbs up from me, no complaints.

 

[eviltama]

Mt Druitt

PROS (campus)
clean!!!
nice eating/sitting areas outside
yummy canteen down near administration
parking is relatively easy
well organised and sign posted
nice new library
not far from mt druitt shops (Westpoint and the factory outlet)
also not far from the pool, the bowling alley and the library and train station... oh maccas AND red rooster are within easy walking distance.

(course)
awesome teachers who know what they are talking about!
said teachers provide good references when talking to their friends in the industry
some of said teachers also provide work experience for us in their own libraries.Westmead childrens for example
practical hands on stuff
we get to see both side of library work, behind the counter and from the floor and from behind our bosses desk(somewhat)
small class numbers

CONS (campus)
the canteen in L block sucks ass
parking is a biatch when the high school kids from next door decide they want to use our parking area
all the renovation going on

(course)
catalogue records suck ass
a few too many boring, theory intensive classes
a couple stodgy teachers
dwindling class numbers

 

[Ollz San]

North Sydney

Pros:
Big, bigger than most tafe
nice new library
GREAT canteen
within walking distance to st leonards station
bus stops outside and across
great atmosphere
friendly teaching staff

Cons:
not all subjects are available (some that I would've liked to do)
I'd prefer a bigger library.
the lifts!! they're like...ancient, especially the ones in building P

 

[breaking]

Ryde

Pros:
Huge
Fantastic view from 6th floor cafeteria in hospitality building
Modern teaching facilities
Lots of trees, plants etc
Close to Top Ryde shopping centre
Big library
Cafeteria and eating area is massive and a wide variety of food available from the canteed

Cons:
Walking from the bottom of the tafe up to the hospitality building is a bitch!
No ATMs or anything (though there is a servo across the road with an ATM)
The airconditiong is really shoddy, rooms are always either too hot or too cold

 

[Cape]

Walking from the bottom of the tafe up to the hospitality building is a bitch!

BreaKing, why don't you catch the 515 from Eastwood? It saves walking up that huge hill.

 

[breaking]

BreaKing, why don't you catch the 515 from Eastwood? It saves walking up that huge hill.

really? well i catch the train so i usually just walk, but if its raining or i cbf walking i catch the 501 which drops me off at the bottom/entrance of the campus. Where does the 515 stop?

 

[Cape]

really? well i catch the train so i usually just walk, but if its raining or i cbf walking i catch the 501 which drops me off at the bottom/entrance of the campus. Where does the 515 stop?

The 515 stops right outside the hospitality rooms on Blaxland Road.

 

[breaking]

ok i might try that then.
thanks!!!

 

[champ_sammy_19]

The airconditiong is really shoddy, rooms are always either too hot or too cold

I know the feeling in our classroon its real stuffy & the fans whip the stuffy air around. It's a pain!

 

[Atticus.]

campus east
pro's
me
cons'
when i leave

 

[mmm_sofay]

west gong tafe PROS
strawberry fanta at the canteen
pizza roundas at the canteen
heaps cheap artbooks at the shop
hot art boy

west gong tafe CONS
no more wedges nachos
weird library man
hot art boy

 

[DaddyK]

Western syd tafe/college

Pros

Awesome teachers

Cons

Its a shithole.