From: Jonathan Hays (nomad@gfoyle.org)
Date: Tue Mar 23 2004 - 14:41:03 GMT-3
you wrote:
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On
>Behalf Of Thomas Larus
>Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 12:18 PM
>To: John Matijevic; 'Jason Graun'; 'Sam Meftahi'; 'Richard
>Dumoulin'; 'CHIONG, ERWIN R (ASI)'; ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: Re: NetMasterClass training
>
>
>Did you read the entire post, including the SARCASM alert at
>the end (in all
>capital letters)? I admit the email was a bit long, but it
>should be clear
>that I agree with you wholeheartedly.
>
>Tom Larus, CCIE #10,014
>Author of CCIE Warm-Up: Advice and Learning Labs
>http://www.ipexpert.com/products_services/product.asp?sku=ip7777
>
>
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Tom,
You make a good point. I will go into pedantic mode and attempt to
extend this as a lesson in reading lab requirements, be it a practice
lab or the real lab booklet.
Most people who have sat for the exam or have been following this forum
for a while probably realize that understanding the techie stuff
(protocols, IOS, networking, etc.) is not enough to pass the lab exam.
Part of successfully passing the CCIE lab means reading and
understanding EVERYTHING very carefully. And if you are like most of us,
you aren't one of these geniuses who understands every word and its
every nuance the first time through. So you must reread the lab
requirement several times - I think a minimum of three times. Read it
twice before configuring and reread it once again after you are
convinced you have configured correctly.
(Side note. I know I will step on a few toes here. But having sat the
CCIE lab exam several times last year, it is my opinion that this advice
of reading the lab booklet all the way through prior to doing anything
else is a lot of nonsense and a complete waste of time. I'll say no
more. Just my opinion.)
I had a personal tendency when I first started serious study for the lab
exam (a couple of years ago) to read a requirement quickly (either for a
practice lab or the real lab) and jump right into configuration mode. Or
for that matter, I tended to skim through a GroupStudy post, hit the
REPLY button and whip off a reactionary answer. Studying for the CCIE
lab has (almost) cured me of that habit. When you finish reading a
requirement (or a Groupstudy post) you need to stop, weigh and consider
before acting or reacting. Then go back and read again and verify if
what you have concluded it true.
HTH,
Jonathan
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