I HATE exams
02-16-2011, 04:41 PM
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I HATE exams
Last week I had the pleasure of sitting the ITIL V3 Foundation course. We did it as a 2 and a half days course, with quite a few Mock exams and homework. The exam for it was on the Friday afternoon.
I was literally "bricking" myself at the thought of an exam, and wasn't looking forward to it at all. Despite the fact that I passed all the Mocks, my confidence was rock-bottom. Given that I'd not done anything like an exam in over 15 years I wasn't relaxed at all. I attempted the exam, and walked out of the exam room after 5 minutes. That was after answering all the questions, and re-reading through my answers. We were told we'd get the results in 10 days, which should have placed it as roughly next Wednesday, but they came in today. I reluctantly logged in to see my result, and saw the magic word of "PASS". I was SO relieved to see that. I'm not gonna say what score I got, but I didn't just pass, I got a few points over the pass mark. The best part is that passing this gets my employer and the place I work at off my back, plus it's something else on my CV. PhIll 360 MiniCons and counting. Click the pic to visit my site. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. |
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02-17-2011, 08:33 AM
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Congratulations Phill. I remember my first exams after college which were my IT certifications and I was bricking myself as well as I tend to always struggle in exams but I learnt if I came out feeling I did poor often that meant i did well. Its knowing everything comes down to those moments, its still horrifying. What I find worse is when you complete an exam really quickly, I find I go into panic mode and start re-reading everything several times over then I start second guessing myself as I figure I shouldn't have done it so fast. Though in the past any changes i make then i believe tend to be wrong.
MY last exam I did was in 2009 which was for the ZCE and I completed it really quickly and felt like something was wrong. Though I did feel like I had gotten the questions right, which it turned out I had. Anyway, congratulations again on passing the exam, but does anyone actually find exams non-stressful? |
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02-17-2011, 04:24 PM
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great job philly PHILL!
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02-17-2011, 07:39 PM
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Well played Double 'L'!
Does this mean payrise? |
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02-17-2011, 08:13 PM
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Sunstreaker Wrote:Does this mean payrise? You must be kidding. Right now I'm STILL sitting at less pay now than I had as a temp back in 2002. Unless you're specialized in something in IT nowadays, you're just totally undervalued. Add in that I'm essentially a permenant contractor at the place I work (9 different employers in roughly 7 years) and I'm getting paid peanuts. Still it pays the bills and gives me some spending money. Cheers all for the Congrats. Phill 360 MiniCons and counting. Click the pic to visit my site. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. |
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02-17-2011, 08:31 PM
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The qualification thing can become addictive!
I'm thinking about either doing an MA or MSc through the Open University... or maybe another BA or BSc. |
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02-19-2011, 10:25 AM
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Phill's qualification I understand and applaud, need it for job so go for it and congrats on passing but voluntary, that's precious anime/gaming time being used up there.
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02-19-2011, 12:50 PM
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thegreatdestroyer Wrote:Phill's qualification I understand and applaud, need it for job so go for it and congrats on passing but voluntary, that's precious anime/gaming time being used up there. It wasn't exactly voluntary, and it was during work time. Only the homework dug into my time, and I did most of that on the bus to and from work. My certificate turned up today, so I'd say it's an official pass now. 360 MiniCons and counting. Click the pic to visit my site. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. |
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02-19-2011, 02:04 PM
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Qualifications are getting more and more important now that everybody has them.
I had a student last year with 4 GCSE's at A* 6 at A and 1 B, and she only was turned down before interview at McDonalds. Employers can really afford to be picky. |
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