exam woes

the week just didn't start out right. scheduled two cisco exams the other day. passed one, failed the other. was soooo looking forward to putting them both behind me but... no such luck.

one starts to wonder how (un)receptive does one's brain start becoming as one gets older. the career bandwagon professes, one is never too old to learn something new or one should never stop studying/learning, consequence would be tantamount to career suicide. while I personally do subscribe to this, can't help but wonder if forces of nature just ain't on your side on the matter. if any small part of that were true, that would mean it would be doubly hard for somebody learning at age 35 than somebody half that age. for most people, that would somehow ring true.

the danger of realizing this would be if one were to use this as a crutch...an excuse to not push forward. the benefit, is if one's lucky, realizes the presence of these hurdles and clears it despite the age...the taste of victory though seems sweeter at an older age.

forgive the nonsense post...yeah yeah, I failed an exam.