Unit 7: HOW I BECAME A DJ STUDENT

Dear all

Yes, as you have already read. I am a DJ student. I do not know how, but I arrived to the DJ school in Second Life.

I was exploring for a couple of hours, and I first enrolled in a Hall of something regarding laws. Then, I typed “school”,  and I have found a lot of schools of everything. I found there the DJ school, so I got in. Let me tell you that I was completely lost. There are many classrooms, many seminars, I did not know what to do. I have to confess that it was my first time in SL. I found a chat application, so I looked for help. I thought that I was not going to receive assistance, but a nice guy called Bob came to my rescue. He briefly explained me what to do. He said “You have to live, what do you do to live?” Well… It seems to be a simple question, but this simple question made me think. And I answered “Well… I work, study…” He said, “Don’t you dance, run, play something?” I did not answer. He said “Why are you here?”. I replied “because of the music”. He said “So.. go and enjoy music, girl!”  And then started explaining me how to get in, to use the tools and so on.

This is Second Life, it is another real life. You find people with an amazing disposition to help you, in different ways. Second Life, as the first one involves a cooperation. It is the same as you are in a place for the first time. The other person helps you, but not only that; this person is reinforcing their own learning process. He already knew how to explore SL, how to find the basic needs, so he became my trainer.

But being a DJ was unexpected but my decision too. So, when I started training it was wonderful!! I have the opportunity to make my own decisions and feel challenged to look for ways to cope with whatever I want and enjoy for the results.

Those are valuable advantages and implications in education. I still see that Second Life is mainly for adults. Perhaps I am wrong, and I need to look ways to involve kids and teenagers.