it's certainly unusual to do a CCNA so early in life, certainly in the UK it's mostly offer t colledge or Uni students (or perhaps that is because the students can do it from fre there, whilst the courses cost hundred outside of state education).
I'd like to work towards an A+, but am thinking about taking MSCP exams first, mostly because I thin hey are more respected within the indusrty.
(note I also plan to take the simillar level of Linux qualification, do intend to take A+ certifications (note the plural) and intend to apply to go on an Oracle DBA course at work sometime in the near future...).
At the minute my only IT type qualifications are an A-Level in IT (which means basically nothing) and I have a degree in electronic engineering, (which counts for a bit more, I also have what started as somethin of a hoilday job, and is not a full time career and that working in a software house as a network admin... You can get whatever qualifications you like, but if they arn't backed up by experiance then they arn't worth the paper they are writen on.