From: Darby Weaver (darbyweaver@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jul 04 2007 - 17:34:19 ART
Mohamed,
To say I've been there and done that is an
understatement that has been repeated thrice thus far.
Before my first attempt I had no graded lab attempt at
or above the 80 points we all desire. This was an
obvious trip to try the $1250.00 lunch special at RTP.
Going to the lab prematurely equals a fail - pure and
simple.
So my humble advice is to slow down and not speed up.
Some people want to rush back in (I went back my
second time with very little prep from the first time
and aside from achieving the connectivity in my whole
POD, I still lacked achieving all objectives and left
two whole section un-attempted). So just goiing back
to the lab was NOT the answer.
For my third attempt about 11 months after my first
attempt, I sought simply to close my gaps and I think
I did well to meet this goal. However, I lacked speed
and accuracy - and sacrificing one for the other still
equals a fail. No other way about it. I thought my
grade must have been mistaken, however, after, trying
a few options after the fact I saw more alternatives
than I did in the first 8 hours. Older and wiser but
$1250.00 lighter in the pocket...
So, how does one start over... One starts over by
realizing that there is no shortcut. If you cannot do
a whole lab and very nearly any lab in the prescribed
8 hours or less, then you will not likely crack a
miaracle and do on the day of your lab.
The trick to passing is simple: Self Realization. You
have to be honest with yourself and knowing tips and
tricks, while helpful, are not the only answer. What
happens when you are given some of the things you find
yourself doing as a matter of habit and that you have
commited to your own process, but in the lab they do
not meet the stated goals.
I'm going to tell you something else - that question
about "OVER-CONFIGURATION" - just throw it away. If
you are not doing what they asked you to do, then you
did not do and doing more than they asked you to -
simply was not asked for and may count against you in
the end... therefore lose the baggage or lose the
points - your choice.
Force yourself to do each lab as "THE LAB" when you
get to the point that it is natural and it every
keystroke makes sense you might be getting close to
being ready to try your luck - going ahead of time is
a gamble and one the odds are favoring for you to
lose. You have a lot of cards and a lot of hands and
you have to win more than you lose to get to 80
points.
Be hard on yourself. You either know it or you do not
and even if you can configure and troubleshoot and
know very nearly if no every single screen full of
output, you may still fail, if you do not do what they
ask or if you do too much - argue if you like, but I
think I got the picture - over-configuration looks
like a shotgun blast and to pass you have to be more
like a sniper - aka - one shot, one kill.
Are we clear?
--- Mohamed Radwan <abobakr.mohamed@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Group,
>
> I failed on my first try 12 June 2007 , I prepared
> well for the exam
> but the Exam stress and some stupid mistakes I made
> cause me much time.
>
> anyway I need to start again and get ready for the
> 2nd try
> I don't need what to do ??
>
> I already read most of recommended books , practice
> a lot
> my weak points are multicast, service, and security
>
> I know that have to learn more about these and
> practice them more, but i
> don't feel like studying again
>
> any suggestion....
>
> Thanks
> Mohamed
>
>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Sat Aug 18 2007 - 08:17:39 ART