Head First

It's a little after 2:30 in the morning. No, I didn't just get home from the Pub.

I'm just finishing up my last pass at Studying before taking the big LEED exam tomorrow. I'll be plunged into a room with computers, cameras and a gaggle of professionals trying to pass like me.

Part of me wants to not pass. As is typical for me, I'm really good at remembering details that will mess you up or should be avoided. I'm not so good at actually applying the knowledge I have towards designing or otherwise creating a solution. The questions that ask me to apply the knowledge to an obtuse set of circumstances - I'm dead in the water on. There seems to be quite a few in the test question sets I've been going over.

The part that wants me to pass is feeling pretty good about the prospect. I'm testing at 50-75% on practice exams and I've got much of the crazy details nailed.

I guess now my best bet is to rely heavily on the "Flag this Question" feature that the testing software has and really use that to my benefit. I just hope there are enough overlapping questions (which I'll be able to pick out easily) to make that worthwhile. I'll be given some paper and a writing instrument.

What happens if I don't pass? I'll try again in a year when I can afford to pay for it out of my own pocket. $300 to retake it. The benefit? Nothing this year. I would get promoted and see (maybe, if I'm not laid off in the future) a bonus when we're flush again. Difficult to justify dropping 300 clams on until things are looking better.

Strategy, young pollywog.

Gregsta': Tired and ready to sleep in.

Oh, and I'm going to have a beer before going to bed on my apartment patio.