Though I’m not particularly interesting in sitting for the CPA exam, I’m making progress in that direction anyway, putting off the ultimate decision as long as possible.
However, when I sent in my transcript from UCSC, they decided that I was 2/3 of a credit short to sit for the exam (yes, less than one credit short). They ultimately ruled that one of my accounting courses was not an accounting course at all, but was “business related” instead. They are wrong… but unfortunately my appeals were to no avail.
So, anyway, I enrolled in a beginning Quickbooks class at our local community college, Cabrillo. I could have taken a more interesting and challenging course but I didn’t want to go through the production of trying to get my UC credits to transfer to fulfill the prerequisites for the more involved courses. After all, I only need 2/3 of a credit… and I don’t want to work that hard anyway.
To give you an idea of the basic nature of this course, the first class session was a review of debits and credits. Yikes. For those of you that don’t know much about accounting, that’s the equivalent of “welcome to English class, here’s how you use a period.”
Unfortunately the class is tiny (probably 20 people or less) so I can’t doodle or space out without the teacher noticing. Also, the instructor had us introduce ourselves on day one and tell the whole class why we were taking the class. So the teacher keeps asking me to answer questions when nobody else knows. [sigh]
This is going to be a long quarter.
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It's tough being the DAR (Damned Average Raiser) in a class. The teacher doesn't quite know what to make of you and the other students are either suspicious that you're some sort of administrative informant or downright hostile because you know so much.
I'm liking the role better now that I can use senility as an excuse for not having the faintest clue what a debit or credit is.
Hang in there and give it 2/3 of your best effort.
I guess there wasn't anything you do on-line (for 2/3 of a credit)?
If the government passes a more simple tax system (e.g. a flat tax with no or very few exceptions- and then never change it) we will need a lot less CPA's - until then it is a very good (and lucrative) profession (albeit not for everybody - e.g. I have a Masters in Accountancy and never sat wanted to sit for it either). Good luck in your search.
By the time the Board got back to me about rejecting my appeal, all Cabrillo's online courses for the quarter were full and I wanted to get it over with as soon as possible.
Accouting is very stable and pays well, but money isn't much of a motivation for me. I'd rather have free time and be happy. But who knows, maybe accounting will allow for that.
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