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My Ashford University Experience

Vanessa is a 24-year-old stay-at-home mom, wife, military spouse, and veteran. She started her online education while she was still in the Navy. After receiving an honorable discharge, getting married, and having two beautiful girls in two years, she is still going strong with her education at Ashford University. She is currently doubling up on classes with hopes to attend graduation December 2009 with a Bachelor's in Business Administration.

Wrapping up Quantitative Methods and some calculator advice

I have completed my spreadsheet for my final economic report in Quantitative Methods.  The good news is that in a worst case scenario, even if I receive a 0% for this week I will still pass the class.  The bad news is that I just ordered my book for Managerial Economics and it was over $150.00, ouch!  I am really looking forward to Christmas break and just relaxing a little bit, with some turkey, dressing and no pending homework.  I'll probably start to get antsy again in the 2nd week of the break, but I'll try to stay calm, knock back some eggnog and maybe even smoke a celebratory cigar.

Managerial Economics from what I have been told is where I will start to see some statistics come into play.  After this class I really don't have the fear of statistics that I did before.  Nope, now I have a brand new fear, Financial Management with all of the worst parts of Algebra with some money thrown in for good measure.  Okay so perhaps that is a bit of an exaggeration but after completing quantitative methods I have discovered that I actually like accounting, I can tolerate economics and statistics and I hate finance.  That's what school is all about though, learning and self discovery.  Perhaps I'll begin to like finance a bit more as I learn some more about it and get good at it.

By the way, to anyone considering Financial Management I strongly recommend a scientific calculator that lets you see the formula you are entering on the screen even after you get the answer.  When you are up at 3AM and starting to second guess your equations when you enter the answer you can just take a quick second glance and rest easy.  Though last night I found myself entering the wrong equation on at least 3 different occasions, perhaps finance at 3AM is just a bad idea all around.

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Published Friday, November 09, 2007 8:14 PM by Cajun
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About Cajun

Cajun is 31-years-old and currently employed as a Project Analyst for an Information Technology department at a major financial firm. He has recently changed careers after spending 7 years in Federal Law enforcement of which he spent 5 years as a supervisor. His management experience combined with the MBA he finished in October, 2008 allowed for a career change even in the face of these uncertain economic times.

Cajun was introduced to the concept of distance education while working full-time as a law enforcement officer with a demanding and unpredictable schedule, obtaining an Associate of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Ashworth College, a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Southwestern College of Winfield, KS graduating Magna Cum Laude and a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in Organizational Leadership from Ashford University. To further his new career Cajun will be working towards a Master of Science in Management of Information Systems with an emphasis in Project Management from Bellevue University.

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Vanessa is a 24-year-old stay-at-home mom, wife, military spouse, and veteran. She started her online education while she was still in the Navy. After receiving an honorable discharge, getting married, and having two beautiful girls in two years, she is still going strong with her education at Ashford University. She is currently doubling up on classes with hopes to attend graduation December 2009 with a Bachelor's in Business Administration.

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