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| Mike Smith 2003-07-19, 1:24 am |
| Well, what a week. I just completed a five day "cram" course on A+
Certification at New Horizons. The instructor tried to teach us everything
there is to know about computers in five days. Needless to say, he failed
miserably. I'm not sorry I attended this course, especially since my
employer paid for it, but there was simply no way for this guy to adequately
go over everything in the time allotted to him. The best he could do was
give us a very broad overview of what we needed to know.
At least he was honest with us about the course. He told us that it was
originally a five week course, but that they found people didn't want to
attend such a long course. They originally offered this five day cram
course for people who were already experienced technicians, who just needed
a little brush up before taking the test. However, they found that novices
began taking the course because it was shorter, and therefore, less
expensive. Attendance at the five week course dropped to almost nothing, so
much so that they ended up dropping it altogether and concentrating all
their efforts on the five day cram course.
I did learn a few things, and I got to experiment with someone else's
computer for a while. The instructor was very experienced. It was obvious
he knew what he was talking about. He had dozens of certifications, but he
told us he really loved working with databases most of all. I could tell he
was frustrated at times by the way he had to gloss over large portions of
the provided text books.
Anyway, I plan on studying hard for the Core Hardware part of the test next
week, and take it around the end of the month. Assuming I pass, I'll
immediately start studying for the OS part and take it a week or so later.
Hopefully, by the middle of next month, I'll be A+ Certified. At least
that's my plan right now. Wish me luck.
Mike
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| Nigel Kendrick 2003-07-19, 4:23 am |
| Mike Smith wrote:
> Well, what a week. I just completed a five day "cram" course on A+
> Certification at New Horizons. The instructor tried to teach us everything
[Snip]
Mike,
I used to run 5 day "cram" courses for some well known UK-based training
companies and despite clear briefings to the sales teams, I often found
that many of the students on the course weren't 'up to' the pace and so
many course evaluation forms would complain that the 'accelerated
course' was 'too fast'. It's a difficult call because as you say, the
reason why many attend is because the course can be cheaper than longer
ones and they get you back to work quicker. For some there's also the
'ego' issue of thinking they know enough to 'only need' a crammer.
NK
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| yes, it is way accelerated !! i took the new horizons classes for A+ and
just passed both tests this past month on the first try.
what state did you attend these classes in ? i was in tucker, georgia.
i will tell you what worked for me . take the online "measure up" tests
repeatedly in the study mode..when you get an answer wrong, read the
explanation.
second of, all i got the "A+ certification for dummies" books. that book
took all the arcane terms and concepts and broke them down t where you could
really understand them and the cd that comes with it had some helpful
material on it too.
study , study, study !!!!
Good Luck !!
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| Mike Smith wrote:
> Well, what a week. I just completed a five day "cram" course on A+
> Certification at New Horizons. The instructor tried to teach us
> everything there is to know about computers in five days. Needless
> to say, he failed miserably. I'm not sorry I attended this course,
> especially since my employer paid for it, but there was simply no way
> for this guy to adequately go over everything in the time allotted to
> him. The best he could do was give us a very broad overview of what
> we needed to know.
those 5 day things are for poeple who know most of the subject already, they
just need to brush up in certain area's
i went on a course that lasted err 2 months, but that was aimed at total
newbies anyway, they had a job fitting it all in
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