DEC 2010 results OUT

Well for the students that did get a pass on this paper - congratulations, you are on your way to becoming a certified accounting technician CAT. For those that did not get the pass, I think you know where it was that you got it messed up.

EFFORT

UNDERSTANDING

One can be helped by the lecturer, but both of it depends on the student.

I have one advice, it seems that everyone is doing their studies with only one intention - pass, getting to work and earning a living. I think it is time for students of a field of study to try to appreciate the subjects that they are being taught and try their best to use the materials learnt in real life.

Cramming for the paper last minute is an indication that students are not really appreciating the subject matter, it is just another paper to pass and forget. I believe that is a sad idea, the knowledge is learnt only to be forgotten, no thought has gone into whether it can be applied, why did I learn this, where can I use it, will I use it?

Hoping for the lecturer to get you a pass - seems to indicate that you are not interested in the subject, just the pass. This could explain why students do not like to attend the classes.

In my days of lecturing, I had most of my fun when I was teaching the Chartered Institute of Marketing - every thing that I taught was questioned and questioned again - I had to make sure it was really practical before the students accepted an idea, they knew when to take notes and when to ask questions.

This attitude is seriously lacking in the CAT students. Develop a sense of appreciation of the manner in which an accountant is suppose to be able to communicate and feel the financials and numbers churned out from the accounting system. UNDERSTAND, APPRECIATE AND APPLY.