Preconceptions about Accounting
What is
accounting about? What I would be like if I choose accounting major? What would
my future like if I am an accountant? To be honest, even though I choose this major,
I still not very familiar with this topic. The most direct feeling about this
job is from my parents. They were always busy, overtime working a lot, stared
at the excel form for a long time. I, like most of people, have some
preconception for this job.
And they are：
1.
Accounting is more tend to be a
science class rather than a liberal art class.
2.
Accounting major have a high
requirement on the mathematics.
3.
Accounting is boring and
difficult to learn!
4.
If you choose to be an accountant,
you will have types of examination in your whole life time.
5.
Accountant is a unchallengeable
job
To refresh my definition
for this job, I read parts of Basic Accounting：The step-by-step course in elementary accountancy, written by Nishat Azmat and Andy Lymer. And did a short interview
with an accountant.
1. Accounting is more tend to
be a science class rather than a liberal art class.
Accounting is a
major need both science and art. We should pay more attention about marketing
news to practice some principles which we gain from the class. Also to learn
and use some definitions or formulas. And all the knowledges are associated to our
daily life.
2. Accounting major have a
high requirement on the mathematics.
It is true that
accounting need some mathematic knowledges. But it wouldn’t be as difficult as the person who is in the math major. Math will just like a tool to record
the business activities in a period of time. We don’t need to do the research
about a math definition during our work. For instance, we will know the
meaning about “cost of merchandise sold” and use it to record the business
activity in the company. But we don’t need to do the research about
how to record the business activity.
3. Accounting is boring and
difficult to learn!
It is true that accounting
wouldn’t be as funny as a joke. But whether it is boring or not is really
depend on someone’s interest. Without interest, everything can be boring. Also
like many other class, accounting also have many terminologies. But if we any
accounting book, each principle is range in a logical order and make sense to
learn about it.
4. If you choose to be an
accountant, you will have types of examination in your whole life time.
Some exams are mandatory. They are
essential because we need certification to prove our ability, just like the
Teacher Certification. Also types of nation have different rule for the
accounting exam. Like in China, if you are an accountant in a listed company,
you need recheck for you accounting ability for each year. However, for some
small company is different.
5. Accounting is an unchallengeable
and single job.
Many people think accountant is equal to the
casher. Well, it’s not. There are many types of Accounting like Intermediate
Financial Accounting, Cost and Managerial Accounting
and Federal Income Tax Accounting. There are many types of company need
accountant whether it is about medical, bank, restaurant even government! We can
raise our level on accounting by passing exam. For accountant in types of company
to auditor in an accounting firm like APFG. Then we can be an auditor for a
single company to make decision for the company to gain more benefit. As a
result, we even have chance to be a CFO for a listed company! This is so cool!
This textbook, Basic Accounting：The step-by-step course in elementary accountancy, is really helpful! It has many basic information about accounting,
and also contain concise explanations of accounting principles and practice.
Due to this book, it gives me a chance to know more about accounting, not just some
unclear explanation from other people. Also thanks to the accountant who I interview,
both his explanation and the systematic knowledge from the book, they refresh
my understanding of this field accurately.
I
feel I have more passion and confident to keep learning on this major through
this homework!
