Excellent read.
Thank You,
Don Johnson
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From: "Cthulu"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 7:07 PM
Subject: Study Techniques [7:1033]
> Hey, all,
>
> I was wrong in my previous posting... I actually have 4 months, not 3.
This
> is a longish post, so delete if not to your liking. I'd be interested in
> hearing how others are preparing.
>
> Anyways, a friend (whom I call the Professor) and I are both preparing for
> the lab in lock-step (as opposed to lock and key), and thought I would
share
> the techniques we are using to prepare for our upcoming lab date...August
> 17, 2001! Whoo hee!
>
> It is an understatement to say that I am studying better and learning
better
> with another person than by myself. Having a study partner can really
> motivate you to do more and do more better!
>
> Our personalities and study habits are radically different. The professor
> tends to be full of facts and is able to recall an amazing amount of
> information about things Cisco, both hardware and software. My approach
is
> more Rainman: I can do it, but I would be at a loss to explain how or why
I
> did it. So, the partnership works real well...
>
> Routers, routers, and more routers! You can not have too many. My rack
> has 8, the Professor has 7; together, we can make 15, which is actually
one
> shy of being unreachable if you are a certain DV routing protocol. We
> study our individual topics apart, and then link up the racks to do a big
> exercises containing everything that we just studied separately.
>
>
> Read, read, and read some more! Stephen King and Faulkner have fallen by
> the way side, replaced by Caslow, Doyle, Oppenheimer, et al. While
reading,
> I highlight the critical points, and then summarize them into a 2-3 page
> crib sheet.
>
> The Professor and I have also started a once a week lunch and learn
session
> where we lecture about a chosen topic. The twist? Given a list of
topics,
> pick the topic that you know the least about and the other person knows
more
> about than you: you'll learn more, and the other person can tell you if
you
> got it or not. Great technique, highly recommend it!
>
> Also, Cisco may also help and I don't guarantee this. If your company is
a
> big customer of Cisco AND you have passed your written AND have a lab date
> scheduled, you may be able to use the local Cisco lab facilities in the
city
> nearest you to practice topics that you may not otherwise be able to...I
> refer to ATM, VOxx, token ring switches, ISDN, etc. Check with your local
> Cisco rep about this. These resources are limited so I would not waste
> them on a topic such as RIP; instead, budget lab time for the big ticket
> items as mentioned.
>
> As much as I hate to part with the money, I am going to purhcase an ISDN
> simulator, probably from http://www.bigdcom.com/teleline.html (last price
> quote was $1688 for a 2-line BRI model). ISDN can be a very troublesome
> topic even though it is relatively simple: when you start doing DDR that,
> CHAP this, snapshot over here, and so on and so on over ISDN, you need to
> know ISDN better than Howard can quote RFCs verbatim.
>
> If you have to sell blood or your mother-in-law, get the ccbootcamp labs!
I
> have them, the Professor has them, and together, we have praised and
cursed
> the name of Marc Russell. Those labs are TOUGH, and have made us think in
> new ways, and look at technologies from a different angle... sort of like
> Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society (Dead Routes Society, perhaps?) Once
> again, Marc doesn't pay for the commerical.
>
> Finally, the Professor and I will be attending the ECP class in July to
> learn our weaknesses and hopefully, overcome them. We will also probably
> schedule several days at Wichita before and after the ECP class to indulge
> our need for lab simulation torture.
>
> If, after all this preparation, one of us passes and the other doesn't:
the
> passer will run while the non-passer playfully chases behind with a knife,
> perhaps Ginsu, shouting mock expletives. If neither passes, then we will
> have to do the unthinkable and renew our MCSE certifications and go back
to
> providing Microsoft support. There's an incentive...
>
> HTH,
>
> Charles
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