Accounting

Neil3030

Seems like the type of subject you can either ace or flop. Surley enough, i fall into the second genre. Anybody have any good sites or tips or ANYTHING that might help??

PPC

Practice, Practice, Practice.
Thats all ya can do.

PiE

Same here, totally failed Ord. Level last Thursday

Might be a help if I learned the basics... like Balance Sheets and P+L A/C's ;\

cournioni

I got 48% in the pre (Ordinary Level). I need to work hard from now on.

teddy2002

I think it all depends on the teacher you have. I have a crap teacher. He was on sick leave for a while and during his time of the sub explain things really, even suspense accounts!! But now hes back and I haven't a clue of what he does be doing on the blackboard.

castie

i just dont know what it is im just good with figures even though the teacher is crap i managed an A1 in higher level

bruce wayne

the best advise you can get is not to worry, what you get in the Leaving cert does not dictate the rest of your life. For example, I never did accountancy in the leaving, and now here I am a qualified accountant earning a good wage, having worked my way through it with the likes of Esat, Ati, etc.

The leaving cert is a load of ****.........it is NOT a true measure of one potential and WAY too much emphasis is placed on it.

So dont worry.....do the work and try your best....but at the end of the day you have more options open to you then you relize.

peterd

what you get in the Leaving cert does not dictate the rest of your life

Apart from the fact that if you don't get the points in your LC, you won't be able to get the course you want in college, which just *might* dictate the rest of your life

bruce wayne

ehhh no I dont thinks so............you need to start learning to think outside to box (something you will relise when you finaly reach the outside world).

There are more places to get a college education that the registered CAO colleges, if it's accountancy your into, there are approx 20 different places throughtout the country, other than the CAO colleges, where you can do the course.

The same can be said for almost any course covered by the main colleges.

Do'nt just accept what your being fed here, the biggest lie they will ever tell you is that,

the only places that you can do these courses are in these colleges and the only way you'll get in is if you break your bollox, stressing yourself out fighting with the tens of thousands other kids for these places.

wake up and smell the coffee guys, this is not life, this is not the only way

peterd

First of all, I know there are other educational institutions and private courses, but the thing is that a college degree actually *does* weight more in the real world then a course that you can do if the only entry requirement is a healthy bank balance and not your LC points.

I’m not saying that you can get a better education in college, in fact, in e.g. an Institute where the classes, and student to teacher ratios are smaller, it can be more demanding and each student will inevitably learn more/better. But when the push comes to shove, hypothetically sitting in an interview tomorrow morning, guess who will get the job between me, the know-it-all, hard working, energetic guy, or the “educated” student from a registered CAO college with an industry standard level of competency?

teddy2002

Does anyone know what interim dividend is and where you put it on the balance sheet or p/l a.c ?

Neil3030

Intrim dividend is the amount of dividend that you have already paid for this year. No idea what to do with it though.

Paulj

Interim dividend is an expense in the P&L along with proposed dividends (dividends which have not yet been paid out). Interim doesn't go in the B/S but proposed dividends do.

Chucky

Im doing computer science at the moment but i got a D in honors in the leaving. Strange thing was that I was actually considered the best in the class before the exam! I got too confident.....................

seamus

Originally posted by PORNAPSTER
I got 48% in the pre (Ordinary Level). I need to work hard from now on.

Ahhh...thats what ye will love about college. I'll be delighted with 48% in my pass maths exam (in a month ) - cos that's all I need !!!

Man U babe

Accounting is an evil creation. There's nothing else that could be said about it. I only did it cos my school ****ed up the scheduling so i couldnt do 3 science subjects. I dont know how to study for it, I dont understand double-entry bookkeeping or any of that ****. About the only thing I do understand is marginal and product costing. Can anybody help me? I got an absolute asshole for a teacher who doesnt know the stuff himself.

androphobic

don't worry about accounting, seriously..

it is really one of those subjects that you understand with practice..

it was my worst subject all through 5th and 6th year, got marks in the 50% range the whole time, got a B1 in the leaving..

practice it

(ps same goes for hons maths)