Re: Sob Story

Listen mate, just take a step back, and think about your own future, if you
think this CERT helps, then, take a week or so off and restart your study,
come up with a plan and attack it harder, but if this CERT won't help you at
all, then, forget it. You have failed 2 or three times and that equates to 2
- 4K, don't spend 20 - 40K on Lawyers, because you know you won't get any
where.

My 2 cents

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Shaibal Mitra
<shaibal_mitra_at_hotmail.com>wrote:

> Some of you guys sound like ferociously loyal paid agents of
> Cisco.LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> > From: rwest_at_zyedge.com
> > To: shaibal_mitra_at_hotmail.com; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> > Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:49:28 -0400
> > Subject: RE: Sob Story
> >
> > If everyone could or would pass the lab, what would the point of the
> test
> be? I can't comment on your test taking conditions, but I would have to
> concur
> with Andre and Jojo. Haven't you ever been on a colo floor with a console
> cable hooked up to a device, troubleshooting while the sh*t is hitting the
> fan
> and your eyes are completely dried out because you're in the cold inlet,
> getting pumped with air? The exam is psychological; your environment (a
> small
> LCD with a jacked up keyboard in a small cube when you're used to 24"
> monitors) and time are all working against you. Why should things be made
> easier now when plenty of people are still able to pass?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Shaibal Mitra
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 12:10 PM
> > To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Sob Story
> >
> > Thought I should share my sob story with fellow sufferers.I passed the
> CCIE
> > written in Mar 2007 and then took my first Lab attempt at Sao Paulo.All
> > through the first attempt the proctor kept on talking over the telephone
> and
> I
> > was not able to focus.Cisco charges an obscene amount for the Lab isnt it
> > logical they should provide a Test environment which is quiet and
> necessary
> > for a 8 hour battle.Perhaps we should file a PIL so that the company
> wakes
> up
> > and realises they are not fulfilling their obligations by not providing
> the
> > required Lab environment.My experience in my subsequent two attempts were
> > hardly any different.Ideally there should be sound-proofed cubicles for
> each
> > test-taker and take my word for it ear-plugs and ear-muffs DO NOT
> work.What
> I
> > found from my subsequent desperate research is even if you use
> ear-plugs/muffs
> > speech gets conducted through the head bones and of course they will not
> allow
> > you to play music to drown out the speech.
> >
> > Also when I took the written test there was no rule stating that one had
> to
> > take the Lab at least once a year or the written exam would become
> > invalid.Again perhaps a PIL...
> >
> > Very frankly if the correct exam environment is provided and the company
> didnt
> > keep on playing with the exam format/contents etc. there would be many
> more
> > CCIEs.Which is obviously why they resort to these nasty methods.What is
> the
> > logic of introducing MPLS VPNs when the topic is already covered in the
> > Service Provider track?
> >
> > PIL anyone...?
> >
> > Just in case my language is as convoluted as that of Cisco by PIL I mean
> > Public Interest Litigation.
> >
> >
> >
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