Explosive Acceptance Disposal School

When I went to E.O.D (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) School for training while I was in the Army I was told I would fail. I didn’t know it then but I adopted a creator mindset to get myself through. I did succeed and I did graduate. Students were only allowed an hour and a half to study so I had to make the most of the time I was given. I had to use any free time I was given effectively if I wanted to get anything done outside of school. I usually only had a couple of hours after class and before I went to bed and I was usually too exhausted to get anything done. I used, this time, to relax and focus on my goals.
The first area I found myself needing the creator mindset was our study time. Everything we were learning was classified as secret or higher so we weren’t allowed to bring any material home with us to study. They would give us an hour and a half every morning to study. Study time was supposed to be optional but my leadership made it mandatory. In E.O.D school you take a lot of tests, usually at least one a week so utilizing study time was necessary. In my class, we would for study groups and quiz each other. There were mornings when I was so tired I didn’t want to study but I knew I had to because of the limited amount of study …show more content…
My goal was to get through E.O.D school without “double tapping” on a test. We only had two opportunities to take each test and you had to get an eighty-five percent score or higher to pass. If you failed the same test twice you were kicked out of school. Another goal I set that helped me achieve my larger goal was to always strive for one hundred percent on each test. If I didn’t receive one hundred percent I would always inquire as to why I lost points so I could fully understand what I did wrong and why. I graduated on time with a ninety-seven percent average test score. I only failed three tests and I passed them all on the second