Hey guys, most of the regulars probably know me, or of me haha. I'm a high school student with a passion for computers and IT in general, but unfortunately my school wants no part of it whatsoever. They've basically pulled the BS excuse of legalities not allowing them to learn from the IT department (conflict of interest, bla bla bla).
The school has pushed me over to the TAFE IT course, which admittedly is better than nothing, but it teaches me things that I already know, and to be honest I only did it for the piece of paper proving that I actually know what I'm talking about. This is extremely annoying because I know that if someone decided to help me nurture my talent, I could become very knowledgeable in this area and I plan to get a career in this industry too.
So does anyone have any ideas on how I can gather more information on things such as networking, and understanding servers and how they work on a deeper level. I know how they work on a surface level, but I'm trying to learn the intricacies of how they work, the different ways of implementing something network wide, etc.
Some of you might know about an incident that occurred a while back in my past, where I attempted to access the group policy object editor via a created shortcut on my desktop. This promptly lead to right clicking being disabled for ALL students for 2 years, and me getting yelled at for not using the school computers in an appropriate manner.
So that's my dilemma. If anyone can assist me with my knowledge gathering, I'd be forever grateful
PS: Based in Australia, and getting certifications at my age is difficult because I have to travel to the city of Canberra to do them, which is 2 and 1/2 hours away from where I presently live. This makes my knowledge gathering even more difficult.
The school has pushed me over to the TAFE IT course, which admittedly is better than nothing, but it teaches me things that I already know, and to be honest I only did it for the piece of paper proving that I actually know what I'm talking about. This is extremely annoying because I know that if someone decided to help me nurture my talent, I could become very knowledgeable in this area and I plan to get a career in this industry too.
So does anyone have any ideas on how I can gather more information on things such as networking, and understanding servers and how they work on a deeper level. I know how they work on a surface level, but I'm trying to learn the intricacies of how they work, the different ways of implementing something network wide, etc.
Some of you might know about an incident that occurred a while back in my past, where I attempted to access the group policy object editor via a created shortcut on my desktop. This promptly lead to right clicking being disabled for ALL students for 2 years, and me getting yelled at for not using the school computers in an appropriate manner.
So that's my dilemma. If anyone can assist me with my knowledge gathering, I'd be forever grateful
PS: Based in Australia, and getting certifications at my age is difficult because I have to travel to the city of Canberra to do them, which is 2 and 1/2 hours away from where I presently live. This makes my knowledge gathering even more difficult.
