Bragging Rights

After six weeks of torture in the form of stock dividend theory, 5 million financial equations and a 5-hour project that turned into 30 hours of spinning my wheels, I can say it's over! I thought this day would never come, but I'm happy to say that I survived Managerial Finance. It was grueling and I didn't enjoy one single second of it, which is why I think I deserve these 20 seconds of bragging time. Grades were posted today; I got an A! After the midterm, I was seriously considering dropping the class and taking it again during the semester because I was so disappointed/distraught over my performance on the test. David talked me out of it of course, and with his help (and love, and support, and all that mushy stuff) I was able to get a 97 on the final exam (YES!) and a 95 on that stupid project (WOO HOO!). Despite my complaining and unusual amount of moping, I've learned something here: hard work pays off. People in my class would tease me and comment about how smart I am. Any time someone says that I reply, "I'm not any smarter than anyone else in here, I just work hard." As much as I hated these last six weeks, I'm glad I stuck with it because it proves that I really can do anything I set my mind to. And that's a great feeling.

Categories: life or something like it, work life