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re: Is Accounting the most useful all around class anyone can take in college?
Posted on 4/15/20 at 3:20 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
Posted on 4/15/20 at 3:20 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
ISDS 1100 or whatever teaches the MS Office Suite these days
This post was edited on 4/15/20 at 3:22 pm
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Posted on 4/15/20 at 3:20 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
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That’s Econ not accounting. Economics is useless outside of academia.
Actually the part covering game theory and the like is interesting
Posted on 4/15/20 at 3:21 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
quote:We know...
I struggle to think
Posted on 4/15/20 at 3:21 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
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Economics is useless outside of academia. They brain wash students with Keynesian theory and don’t bother exposing the flaws or other theories such as Austrian or MMT.
true
Posted on 4/15/20 at 3:23 pm to Philzilla2k
Tell what? Those are my interests
Posted on 4/15/20 at 3:23 pm to mikelbr
Accounting should be taught starting in 9th grade.
Posted on 4/15/20 at 3:24 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
What ever class teaches you to lie about your plane
Posted on 4/15/20 at 3:24 pm to mikelbr
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ISDS 1100 or whatever teaches the MS Office Suite these days
This should be a breeze by the time you get to college. ISDS 3115 or whatever it was that taught project management was incredibly useful and can be used in any real life situation.
I also found my professor's name for that one hilarious. William W Williams. Bastard never would tell us what the middle name was, but I suspect.
Posted on 4/15/20 at 3:26 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
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Imagine if you not only knew how to do accounting as job, but used that combined with Econ courses to study financial statements and industries for investing, or for some people, you would at least know how to balance a checkbook
I'm not arguing for financial ignorance - I'm arguing against ignorance of the things that make humanity worthwhile.
Posted on 4/15/20 at 3:27 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Sure but no matter what you do master public speaking. I can't begin to tell you how important this is. Being able to communicate comfortably and confidently with 2, 5, 20, 50 or hundreds or more people at a time is unbelievably valuable.
Posted on 4/15/20 at 3:28 pm to HempHead
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I'm not arguing for financial ignorance - I'm arguing against ignorance of the things that make humanity worthwhile.
i think you missed the word useful in the thread title. I'm a big fan of history, and in no way has it ever advanced my life
Posted on 4/15/20 at 3:29 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
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I'm a big fan of history, and in no way has it ever advanced my life
Would you still be in the same situation you are today if all you knew was what the news told you?
Posted on 4/15/20 at 3:32 pm to HempHead
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Would you still be in the same situation you are today if all you knew was what the news told you?
If I didn't know about the Treaty of Potsdam, yes I am pretty sure I would be in exactly the same position I am now
Posted on 4/15/20 at 3:34 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
That's not what I asked, though.
Posted on 4/15/20 at 3:38 pm to HempHead
What you asked is irrelevant. No matter what your field of study, it is based on history. That is entirely different from taking a history class or getting a history degree
Posted on 4/15/20 at 3:41 pm to Tridentds
Public speaking, English and several other liberal arts classes are far more useful than accounting. I’m starting to think most people answering with accounting never took an accounting class in college
Posted on 4/15/20 at 3:42 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
My public speaking class and all of my English classes were a joke.
Posted on 4/15/20 at 3:45 pm to Tshiz
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Not at all
English, philosophy, history, logic, etc are all far more useful in everyday life
Said no one ever
If someone can write and think clearly, I can teach them what debits and credits are on the job, if necessary. If they can't communicate, they're of no use to me, no matter what other skills they have.
Posted on 4/15/20 at 3:45 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
PHIL 1021 Introduction to Logic is the most useful class I have ever taken in my life.
Posted on 4/15/20 at 3:46 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:They are two different subjects. Accounting (as in business GAAP) serves its purpose but is absolutely unequivocally not useful to the everyday person.
The accounting classes I took didn’t really teach me anything about personal finance.
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