Living In a Linear World

ACCOUNTING:  Accounting is the "language" spoken in the financial world, and as such, is a criticial component of CMTP.  Therefore, the first 10 days of CMTP began with the accounting review followed by an 8 hour accounting exam.  The exam counts towards 30% of our overall grade in CMTP and everyone was trying really hard to do well and score high - it is the heaviest weighted component of 5 tests that we will take out here over the next five months.

Monday morning began accounting review.  We had class 8 hours a day, for 10 days, including Saturday, with only one Sunday off.  That totals a year's worth of accounting that we had to learn and would be tested on. Not a typo.  A full year's worth of accounting in 10 days!  On top of hour hours of class, we typically had several hours of homework and or studying every night after class, which totaled to 12 and 14 hour days of accounting.  We were exhausted.  However, considering the long hours of accounting, we did have the best teacher in the world;  CJ Skinner.  CJ has been a professor at both Duke and UNC, is a traning consultant for several, high profile companies, and is currently finalizing publishing his accounting book.  He could quite possibly be one of the smartest people I've ever come across.  He's quite the character.  He describes himself as obsessive compulsive (which he is completely aware of, and even perhaps, like), sleep deprived, and exceedingly organized.  He always wears a suit (including Saturday and Sundays), with braces and french cuffs.  Ties are worn on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and bow ties are worn Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.  He arranges his dollar bills by serial number, socks and undewear are alphabatized (straight from his Bio), and he "charts everything imaginable".  He relates to lines from songs, and starts every class with song lines and movie quotes.  He knows thousands of them.  Given the intensity of the class, he actually made accounting. 

CJ Skinner.

This is CJ "sucking in" for his picture when I told him I was going to post it on my blog.  He wears suits everyday.  Jackets are always worn in the morning, and then can be taken off in the afternoon.

CJ keeps a tally for all of his song lines and movie quotes.  I wasn't so hot on the lines or quotes, but I did know all the celebrity back storis behing them.  First point, knowing that Marvin Gaye was shot and killed by his father. 

Does your brain hurt?  Mine does.