Re: Failed first attempt

I failed first shot . I am not embarrassed. I too will be giving 2 nd shot
w/in a month. Good luck.

On Friday, November 11, 2011, Narbik Kocharians <narbikk_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Leigh,
>
> Failure is part of success.
> Better luck next time. I am sure you will do it.
>
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Leigh Finch <leigh_at_leighfinch.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>> I failed my first attempt in Sydney just under 2 weeks ago. I got about
>> 60% in troubleshooting, and about 70% in the config section.
>>
>> I think If I had felt better about the troubleshooting section I would
>> have tried harder in the config section. I found it really hard to put in
>> 100% after knowing I'd already failed the exam.
>>
>> I went up to Sydney a few days before, but left my cpap equipment at
home.
>> Great a few days of bad sleep... I'm not using that as an excuse for
>> failing, but it didn't help.
>>
>> The troubleshooting section was pretty fair.
>>
>> Things that tripped me up/slowed me down:
>>
>> * I spent too long on a particular question (without realizing it), and
>> ran short of time to complete the last question, clearly in the process I
>> rushed another question or two and missed a point.
>>
>> * Forgetting about the devices that maybe weren't on the diagram I was
>> looking at.
>>
>> * Not realizing there were more diagrams until 20 mins in.
>>
>> * Not being familiar enough with the environment
>>
>> * Not being alert enough
>>
>> * Fearing the exam
>>
>> The config section was fairly easy, I just found it hard to give it my
>> all. I finished the config section with 40 mins to spare (and went over
it
>> again until time up), but feel I could have finished much quicker.
>>
>> I've booked in for a second attempt early December.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Leigh
>>
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