After An Exam Pass

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  1. PrimeMan

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    What does everyone do after passing an exam? How do you celebrate? - evening out / get drunk / punt or what?

    I normally start studying for the next one.
     
  2. greenbrucelee
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    I'm not sure what punting is, but I got pissed after my A+ then got the books for my next cert.
     
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  3. Phoenix
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    I start studying for the next one
    unless its a big pass (say, the last exam in MCSE or something) then I tend to have a little bevvie with the lads at work :)
     
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  4. Theprof

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    Take a good break, for some reason I can't go back and start studying right away, considering I was craming the last couple of days.
     
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    Depends on my state of mind... I can study for a few exam, one after the another. But there's anyways a point when my brain just needs a break :lol:

    -Ken
     
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    When I'm driving back from the exam centre.

    I turn the music up and have a sing on the way home.

    Peps in other cars think I'm crazy :)
     
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  7. Sparky
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    I go for a couple of beers straight after the exam as the test centre is next to a good few pubs. I usually phone the wife and let her know how the exam went then get some more beers and couple of bottles of wine on the way home for a celebration dinner.

    I don’t start studying for the next exam the same day but I will pick up the MS Press book (or whatever book I’m going to use) and have a skim over it.

    Then I drink more beer. :biggrin
     
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  8. dingy

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    A couple of days off, then on to the next one
     
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    I have a few days off studying and pick up a "normal" book or two, when im finished with them, I get back on the study books again, most recently the 70-270! (I thought the A+ book was big, damn)

    Im out most Fridays/Saturdays anyway so going out for a few beers isnt really anything different.
     
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    My last exam i was ill so didnt do anything for a week or two after.

    In the past i have bought something as a little reward, for my HND i bought a remote control dalek :)
     
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  11. TimoftheC

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    Yep - I do both of these.

    Celebration is usually a huge sigh of relieve and then on to convincing the misses that I need to spend another bunch of cash (for books and exam fees) on the next qualification. Can't remember the last time I read something other than a computing book or a Person/Job Spec.
     
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  12. PrimeMan

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    Thanks for that lot. Very interesting.
    (I was trying to be funny with the punting joke. If you don't understand, don't worry.)
     
  13. BosonMichael
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    Start studying for the next one. It's easier to keep the good studying habits going. Stop studying, and it's incredibly difficult to get started again.
     
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