JohnO wrote:
>>> Unfortunately, brain dumps are cheating.
>> All depends on how you use them. If you use them after you have gone
>> through read and understood the material and you are studying for test,
>> I don't see anything wrong with them. But if you are using those and
>> only those lol, im sure you will be fired in a matter of hours for your
>> new job because you don't know anything.
>
> You might be right on that last point, actually I hope you are. 
>
> The dumps were compiled by violating the rules, IOW cheating. That
> makes it cheating if you use them in any way, and no amount of
> rationalization changes this fact. Nothing personal, I just disagree
> with you on this one.
>
> -John O
>
Clearly part of the problem is its a waste of money. You could actually
purchase the books and do the work for about the same or less. My
approach is I have a thick Comptia A+ 2006 book the one written by Jean
Andrews and the Q&A 2006 that goes with it. I alternate between reading
the book and seeing how many questions I can get right and how much
information I can remember. Trust me im doing the work and it shows. By
sometime early next year I am hoping to find myself a nice entry level
desktop support position. I have been doing ISP support for almost 2
years over the phone. I also plan on applying the same approach to my
net + and my msdst.