Management Accounting Final Kicked My Ass

That was just LONG. NOT fun. I'm glad Management Accounting is over. I actually liked the class and the concepts but I was not happy with that final. First off, why distribute the case in advance if you can't bring the case (or your notes from the case) to the final? Or why is this an in-class final to begin with considering the previous assignments were case analyses? I spent the past two days analyzing that case, coming up with "sample questions" that I solved, but I still barely finished, and I don't like my answers.

Despite this pain in the neck final, I got to really see the collaborative spirit in action. We were allowed to discuss the case with teams (actually we were encouraged to do so), so you'd randomly see different teams asking each other to explain a concept. People would stop what they're doing and just answer the questions for others. Nobody was concerned about keeping the answers to themselves to get the top grade. It was especially cool when the different teams didn't know each other that well - just overheard part of a conversation and said "so what did your cost diagram look like?" or "can you explain how to calculate X?". That's one of the things I love about this school. It wasn't a forced interaction at all - people were just genuinely willing to help out peers. People were even willing to help me out when I didn't feel like I had anything to offer (I was kinda behind in this class).

OK, now to operations. That's my best chance for a good grade - as scary as that sounds. Thank god for my team's performance on the pain-in-the-neck simulation, other case analysis, and my quiz grade. While I'm a bit worried b/c 2nd years all said that Ops final is a beast (and the practice final looks awful), I know I'll at least pass the class. Then go to spring break! :)