|
Home > Archive > CCNA > July 2004 > confused
You are viewing an archived Text-only version of the thread.
To view this thread in it's original format and/or if you want to reply to
this thread please [click here]
|
|
| confuse 2004-07-13, 12:47 am |
| Hello, my friends:
How is everyone doing?
I got layoff. right after this, I failed one cisco exam. I have 6 exams to take. Nothing sinks in these day.
I feel exhausted and stressed out. I am afraid I may fail this CCNA course. i am in semester 2 now. I did express to my instructor and he told me to continue. I told him I wanted to drop out since I have so much in my mind now. now it is getting much harder. sometimes I dont know what i am doing.
I need to organize myself and look for a job.
I think I am defeated this time since so much things happen at once.
I got confused with RIP and distance vector and link state and the graphic from the online cisco. Our instructor only reads from his presentations. I was hoping he would explain it on the board but he did not. he went through the presentations too fast. One guy dropped out from our class.
Why is so confusing now.I think i got so confused on chapter 6 semester 2 and everything seems stuck from there.
All the best to all of you.
Thank you | |
|
| What is this?
admission of defeat?
sniff...
if you are one of my friends, this is the time when I take you aside and slap you silly.
b*tch, whine, and feel sorry for yourself do nothing except to feed your pitty ego.
"oh I am allow to whine for a week!!! I have been done wrong!"
blah blah blah.
I don't know what females do, but if you are a guy, after I slap you silly, we go out to the strip club and get mad drunk and I will buy you a hooker for the night.
When we sober up, we will start working on a realistic plan.
step 1. list thigns that you need to get done.
step 2. prioritize,
step 3. carry out the plan.
isn't life easy.
Wha'ts that saying, those too greedy and take on too much eventually blow up from overeating?
mirror please.
things not essential for me to be happy, I can do without.
A lot of ppl manage a lot more things than probably you... I manage quite a bit and I have friends who are high level executives who can manage job functions, job pressures, continual education and still find time to waste their time with me on the 18th hole.
learn time managemment, learn to evaluate, learn to prioritize...
you scope out a buffet before you actually take a plate and put food in it right?
identify long term goal,
identify short term goal
figure out how to achieve those.
all of these are simple apparent principals that you may laught at, but very few can actually carry them out.
either sleep, go party, have fun, or start looking for a job, but your last post is just a waste of your time and energy.
venting is for the weak.
as a note, your problem has been so long in coming...
I remeber your post about the sys admin leaving and you came and ask us "what should I ask him?"
you were in trouble then.
Then a few weeks ago (double checked: it was mid april, nearly 3 months ago!) you were having trouble with the class, yet you still wasted your time. evaluate girl... all that energy/'time spent sitting in class learning nothing when you could've cut your loss and concentrate on the core...
sniff. | |
|
| I am reminded of an advice...
when female come for advice, they are only looking for a willing ear.
fortunately, you are not my girl so I don't have to pretend to offer valueless comfort talk that accomplishes nothing.
I am also reminded of how girls hate guys who don't listen and want to only solve the problem...
...
anyway, I digress and am hoping that I am talking to a professional.
comforts mean nothing, useless.... I have no doubt there will be plenty of ppl on this forum that will offer useless condolesense such as " don't worry, get back on the horse" or " you will be alright" or worst, blame others for your own failure "it is not you, its them!!!"
the sooner you can move beyond such uselessness and address the core issues, the better off you are.
"don't worry! you will find a job soon!!!"
sniff. | |
| Tophat 2004-07-13, 1:52 am |
| strippers, beer, and hookers make a great night/weekend. The perfect remedy for a bad week. | |
| forbesl 2004-07-13, 9:08 am |
| confuse,
Looking at all your posts concerning your problems with understanding the material, you should probably re-evalute your interests and goals. If you can't understand this stuff, then maybe you should stop right now and find another area of interest. Not everyone can understand networking, nor is their a need for everyone to understand it.
Even the best instructor will not be able to help you if you can't grasp the concepts, and you seem to be having problems with the basics.
Please don't take this wrong, but it is my observation. | |
|
| hey mikop, that was a bit harsh, don't you think?
To the original poster: life sucks sometimes, there's nothing you can do about it except for proving it wrong. Think of it this way: at least, you are trainable, and you are doing something positive for your career. So stick with it. Believe in yourself, and go get that cert.
If the instructor goes over a topic too fast, stop them and tell them so. It's their job to explain things - not rush through the material. You need to be vocal on this or else he/she will think that all is well. They are clearly not a gifted instructor from what you write, so you will need to remind them of teaching 101 on a regular basis. It's your money, your class, your time, so don't accept to be short-changed!
Ask questions here if we can help... | |
|
| I don't think so, that's prolly the best wake up call she is ever going to get.
Too many ppl live in this world they created to protect their own ego... If she were an actual friend of mine, she would get a harsher and more blunt talk down.. but I would never have let my friends live their life like that.
identify and address problems... before they become a problem.
3 months and god knows how long before we first heard about it!!!
it is harsh because I am overstepping the bound of a faceless board, but the advice remain sound and needed. | |
|
| let me rephrase: I don't necessarily have an issue with the content - more with the tone in which it was delivered. | |
|
| oh I readily admit that I don't care about my delivery. I don't think i have ever cared how my posts come across.... to do so takes too much effort...
I dish out what I think is the best advice at the time, whether they chose to take it is beyond my control or care. I have enuff work managing my everyday relationships than to worry about online ones. | |
|
| it's not any harder to be mildly respectful  | |
|
| if I have to examine this issue, I would prolly have to claim that my advice is for myself only... to feed my own ego about knowing what's the best thing to do etc and to demonstrate to others that I KNOW it... but since I don't really care about someone I don't know, I package it in a way that I know will not be readily accepted by the target... and prolly somewhere I even hope they reject it 
I have always claim that I am here for my own enjoyment right? | |
|
| So your enjoyment includes calling a fellow member a female dog? I find that a bit shocking... | |
|
| I won't mind, but you need to examine that a little bit.
1st. its b*tch,
2nd, it seem clear to me that I was not equatingher to a female dog, but was referring to her act of complaining but not doing.
b*tch ( P ) Pronunciation Key (bch)
n.
1. A female canine animal, especially a dog.
2. Offensive.
1. A woman considered to be spiteful or overbearing.
2. A lewd woman.
3. A man considered to be weak or contemptible.
3. Slang. A complaint.
4. Slang. Something very unpleasant or difficult. | |
|
| we'll have to agree to disagree on this one | |
| forbesl 2004-07-13, 4:11 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by freak
we'll have to agree to disagree on this one
aw....c'mon!! I was beginning to enjoy watching you two banter back and forth!
 | |
|
| its much easier to be disagreeable... no pressure. | |
| Tophat 2004-07-13, 10:22 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by mikop
its much easier to be disagreeable... no pressure.
now who is bitching
it was fun to see you two go...
i have one comment to make about the teacher. I dont know the specifics, but one student can not control the class. There is nothing harder then to try and teach a class with one slow student. You will need to teach the class and help the one that falls behind outside or after class. If one student asks a ton of easy questions then all the others in the class will not get the most out of it and will be cheated out of their money.
Unless you are taking a one-on-one class, you need to make sure that the pace of the class is maintained. There is a lot of material that needs to be covered and there may not be enough time to answer every question. | |
| confuse 2004-07-14, 7:54 am |
| HI, guys:
I could not belive my post would cause these harsh between you two or you three or us four.
Yes, mikop. Your tone is always harsh but I know you better since the day I gotin the forum. You had a point there that I should not be pity myself and get sympathy. I should snap out of it and do what is the best for myself right now. Besides, I am not working now so I have more time to study. I am not the only one got confused in class. I had been doing well in semester 1 which I had A-. At the beginning of this semester 2 I had above 80s and 90s on my chapter exams. HOwever, once I found out I lost my job, I could not concentrate anymore and then too much was in my mind.
That happens even a strong person sometimes lose his ground on this. This is normal.
I will not give up this course. I came a long way to get to where I am now and no way I would quit. I love to take classes and advance myself in computers. I have been in IT field all along.
The reason why I got layoff because between my x-boss newphew and I, they would have tolet me go since the newphew is under my x-boss protection. It is a family thing. I did learn a lot from my old job since my x-boss was a part time boss. I am a capable and confident person. I was in charge of the whole it department while my x-boss was part time. One thing is when you are too smart, most of the bosses would not like it. My boss does not have any computer degree of certifications at all.
Freak, thanks for your response. Dont mind Mikop and that is the way he is.
I am back to normal stage now.
Thank you as always
| |
|
| I am surprised that people think we went at it, I didn't see it that way at all... | |
| sandy7000 2004-07-19, 1:11 am |
| No, it came across more as a Diane/Sam, Dana Sculley/Fox Mulder kind of sparring...
(Just teasing.)
Classy reply, Confuse. |
|
|
|
|