Cisco CCNA Training - Day One

I am in total awe of the things I have learned today from attending the CCNA220 at [itt].  The good majority of the day has been lab-oriented.  It is hard to believe what I have accomplished in just one day.  Here is a list of contributing factors regarding today's great experience:

• The instructor - Mike Storm
• Real Cisco gear to configure
• Requirement-based labs (no step-by-step nonsense)
• Team-based activities (we all learned from one another)
• Interactive courseware (fill in the blanks, circle correct keywords, etc...)

Before today, I had never issued one IOS command.  By the end of the day, I was configuring switches and hosts as if I had been doing it for a long time.  This course labs implemented a brilliant means of repetition without me knowing it.  Everyone in the class accomplished complex tasks in a relatively short period of time.

Kudos to Mike Storm for developing such a great class.  I look forward to day two!