GALVANIZD

I want to oppose the idea that school has to teach directly that special knowledge and those accomplishments that one has to use directly later in life.  The development of general ability or independent thinking and judgment should always be placed foremost… If a person masters the fundamentals of his subject and has leraned to think and work independently, he will surely find his way and will better adapt himself to progress and changes than the person who training consists principally in the acquiring of detailed knowledge – Albert Einstein

A while back my friend Malcolm had wrote a post about “Taking Your Learning to the Comments” when it came to blogging. It had really resonated because at the time I was reading and now finished the book “What Smart Students Know” by Adam Robinson. Read the rest of this entry →

Here’s another update from your friendly neighbourhood blogger. To be honest, I’ve barely touched my books with assignments coming due. I finished my presentation on “Barbie across cultures” for my Intercultural communications class, so that’s a relief. My Business Combinations Assignment is wrapping up after I help out with the bibliography.. as for my tax assignment.. oh boy.. that’ll take some work and a good amount of help.

I notice that there are a few people in my life who constantly bring up what I’m going to do after accounting. To be honest, it’s really quite draining when they ask me about my progress, and it isn’t the encouraging kind of inquisition – it almost feels like disdain or pity to prop their own situations up.

As for getting help, subconsciously, I know I have a lot of pride, but when it comes to asking for help.. how can you ask for help when you haven’t truly done the work. I can’t stand asking for help when I haven’t put in the work to do so. It’s almost as if I’m going through a subconscious backlash that is preventing me from doing what needs to be done.

I’m not one to lash out, but I feel as if I’m being stretched to the max as I come close to finishing these courses with the thought of just “passing them”. But then again, I’m still aware that I’m making a mountain out of a molehill. Perhaps I’m just being whiny about how I’m not “feeling” the material or that I’m not “passionate” about Accounting or Tax.

While this is a public journal for myself to reflect upon, I implore those who read these posts to KEEP ME ACCOUNTABLE – meaning leave me comments or anything My psychology towards my graduation isn’t the healthiest because in actuality, all I really want to do is just pass so I can move on and get into the CMA Accelerated program and actually LEARN AND REMEMBER accounting material from years ago that, for the life of me, I can’t remember.

And to those who keep on asking me about “How I’m doing with Accounting?” or “How’s the job hunt?” – I’m doing great as I’m going at my own pace and I’d just to add.. Bugger off!

- Will

Since my last update, I’ve been swamped with studying for midterms after fully making use of Reading Week (March break for us Canadians) by reading The level of focus, clarity with what needs to be covered in my Consolidations and Corporate Tax courses has taken precedence of what would normally be training regularly for my half-marathon. But for anyone else during these times that require intense focus, you shouldn’t drop everything that isn’t related to my studies. Read the rest of this entry →