If you read this blog on a regular basis, you know that I am studying to take the P&C licensing exam through the state of Michigan to secure my position with my current employer. My class finally finished reading the HUGE insurance book that we are required to study for this exam. Now we are reading the state book - much smaller, but extremely confusing. The information in the state book totally contradicts the information in the huge insurance book, but we have to know both for the exam and they will not be separated. You don't take the exam on the big book and then the exam for the state book. They mix them all up and try like heck to confuse you. Why? Because it costs $40 every time you take the test so the more you fail and have to retest, the more money the state makes. Luckily my employer pays for the first two attempts. After that.. it's out of my pocket. If I don't pass the state exam within 30 days, I won't have a job with an awesome salary and benefits.

You think that's bad? It gets worse. After this class ends on Friday, we begin corporate training on Monday which teaches us how the company does things - which, once again, is totally different from what we are learning right now. So, if I don't pass the first time my head gets filled with even more contradictory information. The longer it takes me to pass the state exam, the harder it will be to differentiate that information from this. I hope and pray that I am fortunate enough to pass the first time.