Nine days in and the group of people flung together to make up our class is beginning to coalesce into a friendly state of being. It's nice that everyone's relaxing into the social side of the group because over the next ten intense weeks I think we'll really need the support from each other. Simply learning the software and the concepts of 3D modelling is stretching some people and having the support from other, more experienced, members of the class will continue to be a real boon.
One of the most popular topics for discussion has been the reason for attending, and general hopes and fears about the course and the time after it. That's been particularly good because it seems to have made everyone - certainly me - realise that their motive for attending is the same as everyone else's; hence, I think, the ice being broken. There is still a sense of everyone sounding each other out but the safe conversations about film, TV, music etc. are bouncing about. I hope that in the next week or so things will relax even further and solid banter will develop. When we get to the stage that we can casually insult each other I'm sure an unbreakable bond will have been made; or broken...
I'm also becoming more comfortable in talking with other students in the school who have been there for many weeks more than we have and from who I've kept a nervous distance since now - God knows why. Naturally, they are entirely friendly and full of advice.
This is all a Good Thing.
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