Entering week 3 things are looking positive for me in this class thus far. I have not received my week 2 grades back yet, they should be up on Thursday, but I feel pretty good about my work this week. Week 1 I didn’t really have much confidence and still made 100% so that helps. If week 2 turns out the same way I’ll feel pretty strong in this subject. I find it odd since entering the program I would probably have assured you that Finance and Accounting would be my weakest subjects but as it turns out (as happens far too often) I would have been wrong…yet again.
My peers have been posting some pretty good work as well. I’ve been reading back on some of the discussion posts and the general level of understanding of the subject matter is actually higher than I would have expected. Higher at least than what I often experienced at the undergraduate level.
I received an email from my student advisor reminding me to purchase the book for my next course, which is the sign that I’m at the half way mark. I’m honestly so excited about wrapping this course up that I can hardly stand it. The next course will be Operations Management and the first of my final 4 classes, all of which are in my area of concentration. Oh yeah (my best Kool-Aid guy impersonation)!
I’ve also started to change how I see my personal finances as a result of these two courses. It’s amazing how wrong I have been doing things for so long. For instance, I have always been told that a new house is a big “investment”. Quite honestly, a house is a crappy investment when all other considerations are taken. That is of course if you could even consider it an investment at all as many people lose equity in their house and don’t stay in it long enough to recuperate any expenses. So I’ve been telling my wife that a house is a “purchase” with the potential of being an investment as a side effect. Another thing that I have used my newfound wisdom to evaluate is the benefit of getting my MBA. Guess what? It’s still a good idea even from a purely financial standpoint once potential working years left, earning potential, time value of money, etc. are taken into consideration. Man, I should write a book…