Summer Classes

I recently decided to major in accounting in addition to my religious studies major (I am also minoring in psychology). I came to a point where I realized I needed to get practical about choosing a career and really began to consider - what are my skills and what can I see myself doing after college for my job? I think accounting is the right fit for me.

I'm taking two classes at Wildwood Community College - Biology and Financial Accounting. I am loving it....learning so much. My professor for Accounting is incredible - she is all about the class being involved in the learning process and told us off the bat that it's her job to learn from us how to better communicate the information. I have never been comfortable in a classroom setting and rarely will I participate in discussions, answer questions voluntarily, etc. but something about this class - I have the confidence to participate. Perhaps it is the subject and I've finally figured out what I am meant to do...maybe it is the teacher, since she is so motivating and ready and willing to address our questions and improvise based on how we're doing with the material...maybe it is that there's only 8 of us in the class...I'm not sure...but I love it...and the class is nearly 4 hours long everytime we meet (2 days a week). I just had my first test today - I think it went well! But, for real, I'm about ready to say this professor is my all-time favorite. I have to say I didn't know what to expect from community college in comparison to Missouri State, but I must say I am very impressed. It is challenging. And that is good.

This quote was included on the syllabus...
"People learn to the degree to which they can manipulate facts within some general framework and can relate general ideas to specific events in their experience. We have knowledge, in other words, only when we participate in its construction. Students do so by engaging, with other students and with the teacher, in a process of inquiry, critical discourse, and problem solving. The teacher's role is to foster conditions in which students are encouraged to construct knowledge. In this conception of teaching, the roles of the teacher and student are easily reversible. The students teach each other, and they teach the teacher by revealing their understanding of the subject...In this view, teaching is enabling, knowledge is understanding, and learning is the active construction of subject matter." - Education for Judgment: The Artistry of Discussion Leadership.