RE: Another victim of the OEQ

Dan,

Sorry to hear the news. So you actually passed the OEQ's, but because you thought you had failed, your game plan for the lab fell apart, causing you to fail the configuration section?

If that understanding is correct, I understand completely. After my OEQs, I took a "I don't really care" attitude towards the lab and just treated it as a graded mock lab. How far off were you on the config section?

-ryan

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Dan Kamel
Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 12:19 PM
To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
Subject: Another victim of the OEQ

Ok, Thursday was my turn to join the beaten by the OEQ club. First thing I did when I got logged in was read the four questions. I was so relieved when I saw them. I answered all four. Then went back and reread them. Then I started thinking ( This was my mistake), and changed two of my answers. As soon as I submitted, the clouds opened up and I realized what I just did. I swore I wasn't going to fall victim to the over-thinking bug. But I did. I knew my three day trip to San Jose was now a very expensive practice lab. I was so mad at myself that I could not concentrate. By lunch I was on page 2. Didn't bother working the plan I had. Didn't read the whole lab twice.....

Went to lunch, didn't eat, went back to the lab. I was over the fact that I could not pass so I started working harder on the lab. I finished the lab, but didn't bother to test everything. I know I should at least pretend it was still a real lab but couldn't.

I'm wasting your time reading all this because I hope there's a lesson learned for someone. I'm really not the kind of person who gets confused or overwhelmed easly ( well actually now I guess I am) and never thought I was would be telling this story.

And to make matters worse....Looks like I would have passed!!
Received on Sat Sep 05 2009 - 12:25:45 ART