Beneath the Wraps

   In this post I made a comment about how a survey is sent out during the final week of an online class and that we are expected to fill out said survey before we can continue with program.   I have now taken 4 or 5 classes in which I either haven't had a pop-up or else it popped up later than usual.   I don't know if I'm through with the surveys as I am halfway through my program, if it's a fluke, or if there have been bugs in the system when the school changed its format.   I'm guessing the latter.           Currently I'm taking the first of six intermediate accounting classes.   I signed on to the live lecture and was asked how I felt about last week's assignment.   O.K. I guess.   In the chat box I wrote, "I didn't hate it but I didn't love it either."   The instructor laughed as she read my comment.   She seemed to agree because of the subject matter.           Seriously? ...

                There is a student in my accounting class who thrives on accounting.   She LOVES accounting.   Her interest is consumed in accounting.   It is her primary focus.   I don't know if she has any other interest.                   When posting to the discussion, we are suppose to use at least 150 words (some classes say 300;   it depends on the class) and she always uses over 1,000.   At first I thought it was an attempt to show off her knowledge, but after having at least two other classes together, I can see that she is not only knowledgeable but passionate as well.   She wants to share her passion.                 I do not share her passion.   Accounting is a complicated language.   I don't thin...

          As I have already mentioned, I had started two classes on Labor Day this month.   One in managerial accounting and the other in financing.   My accounting class seems like a refresher course as there is some familiarity within the topics. It also feels like a prequel to my financing class and I wish I had it BEFORE my financing class and not side-by-side as I tend to get the two mixed up and have actually turned in one assignment for one class into the other.           Fortunately I have really good instructors in both classes who have been able to give me feedback right away instead of waiting until the end of the week as was the case with my last instructor who did announce ahead of time that his grading day is Sunday and that is it.           I am having the hardest time with the subject at hand.   Valuation principals...

            I started two new classes on Labor Day - well, new to me.   The classes themselves aren't new.   One is in financing and the other is accounting.   Oh, joy.   It hasn't been a full week, and already I've gotten them mixed up.             The instructor who teaches finance is one I've already had before.   My accounting instructor is the most enthusiastic one yet.   She talks quicker than I can take notes.   She doesn't spend much time on the assignment but does seem to cover a lot of ground.   It is still overwhelming.             Now, I'm a visual person, which I think I have mentioned.   I love finding videos on YouTube that will help me understand whatever subject.   CrashCourse was great for economics and history, but it doesn't appear that there ar...

                I am now taking two accounting classes.   The language is foreign to me.   I do okay in accounting 108 but I seem to be reading (and hearing) binary code for the other.   I have seen the names of only two other classmates who are currently taking both classes.   What is up with that?   Just because I don't see their names doesn't mean all my other classmates are taking the same two classes but with different instructors.   I personally would rather have just one at a time - or at least one on Monday morning and not have to wait for a walk through for both classes on Tuesday evening . . . and still replay the recordings over and over in hopes that I'll understand.                 I like my 108 instructor.   He's not boring.   He is easy to follow.   I understand wha...

          When I was in my twelvth mod, I had two classes.   I would try to attend the live lecture of each class.   I think I had attended all four lectures in my algebra class - perhaps only three.   Fortunately there was no problem with the hook-up system (the school uses a program called Zoom) but the instructor in my management class would always have a problem with the system cutting out or recording only audio or video, but not both.   It generally happened whenever she played a video in addition to her lecture.   I told her to stop showing videos and just send us the links.   I don't know if it would have made any difference.           Last mod I also had two classes - two accounting classes.   I still don't understand the language, but I actually did well in both classes.   That is amazing considering what torture it was trying to get into a live lecture or (in mos...

          I still like the feel of a book in my hands rather than having to constantly refer to the screen and "turn" the page by pressing next or arrow.  When the library had the book sale back in October and November, I found an accounting book that was in great condition - but it was from 1979.  I picked it up anyway.            Thus far I have taken two accounting classes and am now on my third and so far my outdated book has been compatible to my first two courses.  I obviously hadn't taken payroll or taxes into account.  Guess what my accounting focus is on for this class?           The government laws are constantly changing.  This tax is taken out for this purpose, that tax for another.  We no longer have just FICA and SSN - now there is IRCA created in in 1986, FMLA created in 1993, PRWORA creat...

       I couldn't sign into my lecture last week; it doesn't appear anyone did, and so my instructor found a new way of getting in to see if that would make a difference.   There were two students who joined the morning lecture this week.        I am such an airhead during the morning.   For some reason, I can't find my chat box unless I shrink down the screen.   When I tried to stretch the screen, apparently the image was magnified, but not the box itself and so I couldn't see all the demonstrations.   I did try to answer questions.   I know my eyes may be looking at something right or left, but my mouth always says the wrong thing.   Always.          I don't know how I've lived this long and haven't been able to distinguish my left from my right.   I know what they are when I'm driving - but if I'm not the one behind the wheel, I can still s...