From: nrf (noglikirf@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Oct 12 2007 - 05:16:49 ART
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From: "Scott Morris" <smorris@ipexpert.com>
To: "'nrf'" <noglikirf@hotmail.com>; "'Rahmlow, Howard F.'"
<Howard.F.Rahmlow@unisys.com>; <sheherezada@gmail.com>
Cc: "'Burkett, Michael'" <Michael.Burkett@c-a-m.com>; "'Brad Ellis'"
<brad@ccbootcamp.com>; "'Christopher M. Heffner'"
<cheffner@certified-labs.com>; "'Eric Dobyns'" <eric_dobyns@yahoo.com>;
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Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:00 PM
Subject: RE: CCIE Lab Price Increase
> Heheheh..... Ok, so there are more prestigious jobs for those who pass on
> the first try, but look at the track record prior to that point in their
> lives! I'd be willing to bet that passing the bar on the first try is not
> the first major milestone those individuals have accomplished.
>
> And to that same end, the difficulty of the test and the other factors
> leading up to that have already established the bar (pun intended) at an
> exceptionally high level. So work on the content/format of the exam.
>
> Changing the price of the bar exam wouldn't drastically change who tried
> or
> how often they tried.
>
> It's nice to compare the CCIE to these other milestone accomplishments,
> but
> at the same time though, the things you are talking about changing is not
> going to solve the perceived problem.
Like I said, I don't oppose any changes on the content/format of the exam.
I think that should be done too. Frankly, I still think the old 2-day test
was a better test; a notion that has been expressed by many other people on
groupstudy.
However, at the end of the day, I would say that you still need a system to
clamp down on those people who are just 'practicing'. As Brad Ellis and
others have said, there are a lot of people who will just keep showing up
every 30 days to take the test over and over and over again until they
finally pass, if you don't stop them. If I could take the Bar exam every
30 days over and over and over again, I'd probably eventually pass too.
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