Thanks for the advice Mike. My lab is coming up soon. On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Michael Lipsey <[email protected]>wrote:
> Mark, I think you might be psyching yourself out a bit – I can relate > though as I’ve done it myself. > > > > Coming off a recent failure is humbling but knowing that I did fairly well > on the lab made me more confident for attempt #2. > > > > I would not be so hard on yourself with regards to the time required to > complete a practice lab in the beginning of your practice. Concentrate more > on completing all the tasks in a lab without referring to the proctor guide > but instead trying to figure it out on your own. > > > > Unless you absolutely don’t know what they want from the task in the > practice lab, don’t go back to the proctor guide. Still, in the beginning – > if you absolutely don’t know what they want you do to for a task – let it go > and continue with the lab. If you have an idea of what they want – try to > make it work through the DocCD. > > > > The bottom line is the things you have problems with are the things that > you will recall the most (at least it was for me) but at the same time – > beating yourself up with a task and letting it murder you does not help you. > I went through those myself and those tasks did not make me any better – > just confused. > > > > Don’t beat yourself up on things – if you really don’t get it or can’t get > it. Beating yourself over the head isn’t going to work to help you – instead > you need to study that subject more. > > > > I think your point #7 is a good one but save it until you complete the lab. > There were plenty of practice labs where I completed the task differently > than the proctor guide but managed to maintain myself within the > restrictions. Once you’ve completed the lab – go ahead and work out the > other ways you could do it. > > > > Keep plugging away – when is your lab date? > > > > -Mike > -- - "The more I learn the less I know". This is incredibly frustrating to me.
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