Importance Of Knowledge And Understanding

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In many instances today you will hear a student state that they only took a class because it was required and that they did not learn anything. That is very sad. I feel that it is important to learn from every class. If I do not take something away from the class then I feel like it was just a waste of my time and money. Why would I want to waste my time and money on something that I am not going to put the effort into learning? This class was no different than any other class that I have taken. I can provide examples of new knowledge and understanding, skills, attitudes and dispositions, personal insights and applications, and future projections that I have obtained through this class session.
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It is not that I did not learn anything, because I learned a lot in this class; it is more the fact that this course was basically a continuation of Accounting 110. I came into this class with the same attitudes and dispositions that I had when I exited Accounting 110. I do feel that I could do a more professional job due to taking this course. I am more confident in my work, but that is pretty much the only change. I do know that this class definitely affirmed one thing for me; accounting is a whole lot of work. I think that I am happy that I am majoring in …show more content…

I have managed to stay pretty laid back in this course. I am hoping that I can continue on that trend, because it made this course so much more enjoyable than a lot of my other courses. I know that this may not be considered something that I learned from accounting, but in my opinion it is. Accounting is all about the details, and if I am constantly stressing out I will make mistakes. So if I stay relaxed and calmly think things through, I will be more successful in the future. A good example of this would be the journal sheets that we have at work. For years, I had to zero the sheets by hand. It seemed like every time that I did it, I would come out a little off. I would get so frustrated, yet it would not come out right. I finally found that if I just backed off and calmed down, I would usually find the small mistake. I think that taking this class will help remind me to stay calm and think things through

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