Smilz
Originally Written: November 5, 1998
Posted: November 6, 1998
Have you ever counted every minute?
Just a question? I have. I count every minute for 3 hours a week. You ask why would anyone count the minutes? Well, you see, I have an income tax accounting class. You ask why again. This is easy...I'm an accounting major. Now, back to the original question.Nate, a guy in my class/research partner/cosmic twin, and I count every minute for 2 separate 90 minute class sessions. We take turns updating each other on the amount of misery left.
Why is the class such misery? Its not because of the subject matter. Its because of the professor. He is a fiesty old man. He has been an accountant for years and knows the stuff beyond belief. The problem is, he doesn't know how to teach. He doesn't teach anything. Like most other professors, he doesn't even lecture. He just stands in front of the class reminding us of how stupid we happen to be and giving out the answers to homework problems. This course sounds like an easy one, huh? If it was only that, it would be ok. He also assigns group work called tax research. This is just extended busy work. Nate and I were smart. We volunteered to take the first case, did well. The others have been ripped apart. He didn't bother to tell us what he wanted in our presentations so we are left to figure this man out.
So every Monday and Wednesday this semester, Nate and I are reduced to mere minute counters, not even bean counters. So the next time you think you are really bored, and you think that resorting to counting the minutes is the last possible way to escape, think back to this. Remind yourself of me, and poor Nate, sitting in Individual Income Tax Accounting, just counting the minutes and getting reminded of our stupidity. The next thought to think in a time like this is that one day in the not so distant future,
WE will be YOUR accountants.
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