From: Albert Lu (albert_ccie@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Mar 28 2002 - 00:05:31 GMT-3
--- John Neiberger <neiby@ureach.com> wrote:
> Congratulations! Way to go!! Now go take a
> much needed relaxing vacation. :-)
>
> Regards,
> John
>
>
> ---- On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Richard Wheat
> (rwheat@ami.com.au) wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Just a short note to say thankyou to
> everyone. I have not participated
> > much
> > over the last few months - responded to
> questions here and there as I
> > felt
> > I could help, but following all the
> problems raised and the answers
> > offered
> > has been of immeasurable value.
> >
> > I passed my lab on Monday - third attempt.
> I find it interesting that
> > some
> > people seem to breeze through the lab
> attempts, while others find them
> > a real trial. It must be influenced to a
> large extent by
> > circumstances. I am
> > one of the latter and found that my stress
> level during the lab on
> > Monday
> > was off the scale - not because of
> technical issues but because of what
> > was riding on the attempt. The next day
> waiting for the result was just
> >
> > awful - by Tuesday morning I had convinced
> myself I had failed again
> > after counting all the things that I may
> have missed. It's going to take
> >
> > several days to get used to the idea that
> I have a number :-)
> >
> > My major problem technically has always
> been in understanding the
> > intentions behind the questions asked. The
> lab proctor in Sydney -
> > Henry,
> > was very helpful - providing much needed
> clarification on some
> > questions.
> >
> > I won't repeat all the usual - my
> preparation for this last attempt was
> > very
> > much the same as many others have already
> outlined.
> >
> > One thing I will offer as advice (to the
> less experienced) - if you find
> > that
> > a practice lab question does not make
> sense, and maybe the solution
> > offered makes less sense, most of the time
> the problem will be your
> > level
> > of understanding. I have been very
> frustrated at times with practice
> > lab
> > questions - especially ones with with
> typos. However, after making the
> > effort to find out everything about a
> particular
> > technology/configuration
> > that there is to find out - the intention
> of the question usually
> > becomes
> > clear - as does the solution. This
> approach is essential to get the most
> > out
> > of practice labs. Don't get frustrated -
> give yourself time to
> > understand
> > the technology. Once you have learned
> enough you will be able to spot
> > the typo type issues in practice labs (and
> text books) quite quickly.
> >
> > And ... one other thing I will offer - as
> others have also indicated - I
> >
> > found the one day format exam is as much
> about time management as
> > it is about technical detail. I planned
> to finish all questions at
> > least 2.5
> > hours before time - I didn't achieve it,
> but constantly watching the
> > time I was taking gave me the 1.5 hours I
> needed at the end to recheck
> > my work. As a plan I used 3 minutes per
> point + 1/2 hour to read the
> > whole exam through to start. This seemed
> to work and I was able to
> > go through the whole exam again and fix a
> few missed issues. One
> > further point - I had to invoke damage
> control half-way through when
> > one section caused me some grief and blew
> my time out badly. I was
> > getting to the thrashing stage (where you
> can't decide what to do and
> > keep running back over the same things -
> while your anxiety level
> > steadily rises towards the panic level
> threshold) when I made the
> > decision to leave it and carry on (an
> important strategy). A couple of
> > questions later it came back to haunt me -
> but in the meantime I had
> > the time to clarify my thinking on the
> issue, lower the anxiety level,
> > - and I was able to go back and implement
> a different approach -
> > which worked (phew!). This was not an
> overly complicated technical
> > issue - just one which needed clear
> thought in a short space of time.
> >
> > Anyway, sorry I lied at the beginning
> (just a short note) - that's
> > enough
> > waffle.
> >
> > Thankyou all again.
> > Richard.
> >
>
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