So those of you who have been keeping up with my blog know that a while back I enrolled at Louisiana State University’s Certificate in Accounting program. I soon found that I couldn’t keep up my MBA and complete the work for the LSU program at the same time so after the first assignment I was forced to place things on hold until I finished. Well now that I’m finished it’s time to get back into the rhythm. I’ve taken a week off, give or take a few days but now I’m getting back into doing school work, again. This time however I don’t mind so much the pressure doesn’t seem as great. Of course I have to take 3 proctored exams and I have to finish the course before February since I’ve wasted so much time but it should be easier than trying to maintain a 4.0 in an MBA program.
It’ll be strange taking proctored exams because it’s been so long since I’ve actually had to memorize things for a test. Accounting really is a language and system of thinking more than anything else. At first I thought the numbers would be the problem, but instead it has more in common with computer science than it does with sheer mathematics simply because of the rules, language and methodologies used to gain certain outcomes.
I don’t know if my next job will have anything to do with accounting, but I have learned that the higher one moves up in management the more that person needs to understand accounting. Private sector, public sector, volunteer or otherwise at some point somebody is going to involve money and at the point that happens, I’m hoping I’ll be ready.
Geaux Tigers!!!