Upset over the Institutes Insurance Ethics Course

[Merlin]

Guys... I'm genuinely really upset and need to vent. I spent a whole day and a half studying for the Institutes Insurance Ethics course. I know a lot of you guys said you finished it in a couple hours, but I wanted to feel certain I knew the material before attempting a test. I made a Word document of all the key information I thought I would need. I then spent 2 and a half hours on the test, all to end up with 68%. I feel so discouraged because that's such a close score, yet not close enough. I put in so much more effort than the average student on here invests into that course, and still failed. Could it be for my lack of knowledge about insurance in general? I'm only 20 years old and have no clue about any of it. Why does it seem so easy for everyone else on here? No part of me wants to spend another 2 hours on this test. Should I just guess my way through until I pass? I know it'd be foolish to pass up free credit, but I need advice on how to go about it for my second attempt. Thanks.

Everyone learns at their own pace. I would dare say that many of the people saying they can complete courses like this in a few hours with high scores are people who are already familiar with the material beforehand. Since this particular course isn't proctored, I'm sure some of those people just looked everything up as they went along and didn't really bother to learn the material at all. I have seen that approach recommended here in the forum. There may also be some who are just being misleading about the time it took for some reason.

Getting a degree or finishing a course isn't a race, so you should always go as fast or slow as you're comfortable going. Don't worry what other people say they are doing, you do you. I admit to being one of those people who tends to over study, but I'm doing this because I enjoy learning and want to master the material. I'm not just here because I want a piece of paper. I like to read everything and take notes as I go along. I don't rush and I will go back to revisit topics I don't understand until I understand concepts well enough to be able to explain them to someone else. Because of that, I tend to take longer to study, and I also tend to earn high marks in the courses I take, but that is the way I prefer to study.

Going into this course, I knew little about insurance but still managed to finish the course in about a day (well, technically I think it was like 8-10 hours split between two days). Yes, I probably could have done it quicker had I spent less time getting a handle on the material and didn't care about getting more than a passing score, or if I had wanted to just look up the answers while I went along, but that isn't my style.

My point being, pick a path that you enjoy and stick to that, you'll have more fun and probably learn more too. If you make it a competition, it might eventually start to feel too much like work and you could lose some of the enjoyment. Unless you need the competition to keep you motivated, then have at it. Just try not to let the claims of others discourage you.