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I’m just looking to form it. Every cause needs a poster-child, but I am clearly not a “cured” story.
Scott
—–Original Message—– From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Bizzell, Keith Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 10:02 AM To: D.H. Williams; Scott Morris Cc: David Mann; Joshua Lauer; Bill Wagner; ccielab@groupstudy.com Subject: RE: R&S Lab Difficulty
Scott, I’m afraid you wouldn’t be a good success model for an IE 12-step…unless you’re talking about FORMING an addiction to it! (and you’re still EVIL)
—–Original Message—– From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of D.H. Williams Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 8:35 AM To: Scott Morris Cc: David Mann; Joshua Lauer; Bill Wagner; ccielab@groupstudy.com Subject: Re: R&S Lab Difficulty
Scott, you would make a killing!
On 8/6/06, Scott Morris wrote: > > Don’t get TOO addicted or you’ll do something weird and end up in a > 12-step > program for IE’s. (I’m thinking of starting one!) > > Scott > > > —–Original Message—– > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf > Of David Mann > Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 4:08 PM > To: Joshua Lauer; Bill Wagner; ccielab@groupstudy.com > Subject: Re: R&S Lab Difficulty > > I felt confident last time that I had a chance of passing even though > I had not attempted several sections. I was that sure I had gotten my > core next to perfect. Anyway, I have on both attempts felt very > comfortable and never stressed out. Thank the lord for that. > > I have had practice labs that were more convoluted than the real lab > but not necessarly harder. I was just stating that my second attempt > seemed harder. > > I have to say that thru out this process it has given me an even > moreso reason for the respect I pay to those that have finished this beast. > > I can’t wait until my next attempt. I think I’m getting addicted to > taking the lab > > David > > —– Original Message —– > From: “Joshua Lauer” > To: “David Mann” ; “Bill Wagner” > ; > Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 2:16 PM > Subject: Re: R&S Lab Difficulty > > > > You’ll know when your gonna do it is my take on the whole thing. I > wouldnt > > > get wrapped around the axel about which vendors practice labs are > > “harder”, when you know the fundamentals you know them no matter > > what practice lab book you use. Buy them all and you’ll see, like > > people > they > > are all different and have a different swing on the way they present
> > things. > > > > > > I wasnt ready my first two attempts. My third attempt I felt I was > > ready but I didnt pay attention to detail and thus, failed. My forth
> > and final attempt I not only was more ready I also relaxed, and > > finished 2 hours early and passed. I dont think the CCIE lab is out > > to fail you, it’s > just > > freaking hard. You’ll get your number soon! > > > > > > jl > > > > > > Joshua Lauer > > > > CCIE#16024 > > > > > > —– Original Message —– > > From: “David Mann” > > To: “Bill Wagner” ; > > Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 2:13 PM > > Subject: Re: R&S Lab Difficulty > > > > > >>I have failed twice now, May 8th and July 24th. I felt that I was > >>very prepared my last time but my score report said otherwise. > >> I do feel that my last exam was harder. I know the topics but must > >>be misunderstanding the questions. I will say that I will not have
> >>the weak points I currently have when I sit it again. > >> > >> I have used Ipexpert and am working thru Doit labs. > >> Have you rescheduled? Whats your approach? > >> > >> > >> David > >> > >> —– Original Message —– > >> From: “Bill Wagner” > >> To: > >> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 8:29 PM > >> Subject: R&S Lab Difficulty > >> > >> > >>> Hi guys, I am trying to get a handle on the R&S Lab difficulty. > >>> Not > long > >>> ago I attempted the lab and came up short. I had done quite a > >>> number > of > >>> full practice labs (around 40) and felt that I was fairly strong > >>> with them. To be sure I wasn’t cheating myself somehow I attempted
> >>> a mock > lab > >>> and did really well on it. From reading this message board for > sometime > >>> I > >>> noticed many people say that the actual lab was a lot easier than > >>> the practice labs and in one case someone said 3-5 times easier. > >>> Well without disclosing any information I can honestly say that > >>> the real lab I took was more difficult than any other practice > >>> labs I had attempted prior. > >>> Now I haven’t been someone who came into this thinking that I knew
> >>> so much that I only needed to pump out some practice labs,memorize
> >>> some scenarios, and learn the “advanced content”. Instead I took > >>> the ground up approach to build a strong foundation by > >>> understanding the technology. > >>> Well after recently failing the lab I am somewhat humbled and am > trying > >>> to get an understanding of where I stand. Part of me believes that
> >>> I > got > >>> a difficult test, but then another part of me thinks that maybe I > >>> am > not > >>> as ready as I thought I was. The thing is that it seems hard to > >>> gauge > so > >>> I need to come to the group for some answers. Now if some how or > >>> some way this is in violation of the NDA please disregard it and > >>> do not answer it, but I don’t think this will break the NDA so > >>> here they are. My > questions > >>> for anyone who has taken the lab or taken it mutiple times is: 1. > >>> Did the actual test seem more difficult than the labs or was it > >>> the other way around? If so what material did you use to prepare > >>> with. 2. Did anyone who has attempted multiple labs feel that any > >>> labs were easier than others or did they all seem about the same > >>> difficulty? 3. What is a > good > >>> way to guage if you are ready or not? I am open to any ideas at > >>> all. I would rather be overprepared than underprepared, but where > >>> that line > is > >>> at I don’t know. 4. Does anyone feel that the lab is out to fail you? > By > >>> this I mean after seeing the Cisco facility in SJC I was extreemly
> >>> impressed with the facility. It was beautiful, but when I sat down
> >>> at > my > >>> workstation I thought that there was some kind of mistake. The > keyboard > >>> looked like it belonged in a museum. It was really dirty and had > >>> the > big > >>> enter key so everytime you try to hit backspace you hit enter. The > pipe > >>> key was tiny and not where it belongs. The right click button on > >>> the mouse did not work and the scroll wheel did not move the > >>> terminal > window > >>> but instead would move through previous commands in the history. > >>> Also > if > >>> the scroll wheel was not in the exact right spot when you tried to
> >>> highlight text from the terminal window the screen would jump and > >>> highlight 3 lines instead of the one you wanted. In addition the > monitor > >>> was not very good, although at least it worked. My friend said > >>> that > the > >>> insert key was broken on his keyboard, and I couldn’t use the > >>> default (ALT E > >>> P) quick key paste function from Secure CRT. Even notepad was > >>> hidden > way > >>> off to the side of the quick key bar. Although this might seem > trivial > >>> it really throws you off if you are not used to it. I think that > perhaps > >>> this is all done to slow you down, however I could be wrong. > >>> Anyway if anyone has input I would really appreciate it. Thanks, > >>> Bill > >>> > >>> > ———————————————————————- > — > >>> > >>> Check the weather anywhere, anytime - just type “weather” from MSN
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