Re: Sob Story

Good point... Haha, know what you mean about being focused...

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Jeffrey Biggs <j.biggs_at_myactv.net> wrote:

> What no one has mentioned is trying to take the test elsewhere. When I
> passed in RTP, you could of heard a pin drop (over the rattling of keys on
> the key board). Besides, I was so focused, a bomb could have gone off and
> I
> wouldn't have heard it....
>
> Regroup.....MPLS is SIMPLE......and take it again.
> JB
>
> -----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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