When I came into college, I was planning on majoring
in accounting. Both of my parents are were accountants in their careers and
witnessed the success in their careers. I believe that accounting is logical,
but not exciting. I do not necessarily wake up every day and hope that I can do
journal entries or solve an accounting problem. I ended up deciding to add a
finance major to my education because I had room in my class schedule and I
wanted to explore other areas of business that interested me.
I ended up pursuing finance internships throughout my
TCU experience and will be pursuing finance after I graduate. However, I ended
up keeping my accounting major. One of the upper-division accounting classes is
Financial Reporting III. Financial Reporting III is the hardest course I have
taken in my entire life. We are presented a difficult case regarding a company
and have to find Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) that justifies the
logic for applying certain accounting standards to the scenario.
Accounting code is incredibly difficult to understand
and apply. I have spent around 20-30 hours a week on this class for the past 4
weeks. The workload is almost unbearable. The teacher is incredibly difficult
and gives out quite harsh grades. However, I think that I have learned the most
from the course and it has dramatically improved my critical thinking ability.
Unlike other courses, our grade is a result of our
ability to apply information and not memorize information. Although I may never
remember what ASC 842-10-25-2 says, I have learned to critically think about
how businesses operate and how to properly apply accounting code. I believe
that these critical thinking skills will play a pivotal role in the future of
my career, even though my career is not headed in the accounting direction. I
believe that the countless hours spent in this class have been worth it as I
have been pushed academically, improved my writing, and refined my critical
thinking skills.
I appreciate this post about the numerous facets of accounting. I have considered adding an accounting double major to my finance major, so I definitely relate to this experience (albeit a couple of years behind). I also think it is kind of funny how accountants tend to run in families - your parents are not the first example I have heard about.
ReplyDeleteWow- kudos to you for sticking through it! I've never been into math or science, and I just don't think my brain is wired that way. I'm glad that you've learned the most from the course- that's what it's all about! I hope you end the semester strong! :-)
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