Chapter 13 Lecture Finale

Had a few people missing last night (Penny, Debye, Julie, Tami) but the crowd that was there were animated. Started off by talking about the stock market which led to buying or selling stock. Discussed IPO's and reasons companies sell stock. Max gave us all a hot stock tip. I followed up with the best stock tip I know which is "buy low, sell high". Discussed stocks, mutual funds, broad based index funds, etc. Probably went off on a few too many tangets but everyone seemed to follow along easily enough.

Discussed declaring dividends, paying dividends to preferred and common stockholders.

Nikki used her extreme faith and prayers to have the computer turn off. She tried to pass it as a sign that we should be done however after a quick reboot we were back in business.

Found out Mary-Liz lives up in 10 Lakes by Eureka and has a 2 hour drive to get home at night. Now that's dedication. I better make sure class is worth all that driving. Iyrna works at a bank. Tune is one of the Semitool surviors (for now). Josh is an appraiser.

Finished (almost) the lecture for chapter 13. Will go over homework in the next class.

Homework:

Email me so I can have your contact info (If you haven't already)

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First class of 2009 spring semester

Always exciting to start a new semester. Interesting that there are only 5 students from the first semester night class and 10 from either the day time schedule or returning after a few years break. Hope everyone can stay awake at such a late hour.

Great to have a bunch of new students so I can tell my stories all over and not worry if everyones heard them before. Found out Josh is an appraiser. I hope I don't call Michael, Max all semester. Nikki must know Michael somehow as they were sitting together. She usually sits in the front by Tammi. Penny sounds smart. Needs to get on the role as I had to write her name in. Mary-Liz must not be from Kalispell as she said "People around here".

We went through the syllabus and calendar. Discussed the project a bit which is analyzing a company of their choice. I'll give further detail around chapter 17.

Started chapter 13 which is about corporations. Had a few questions about Par Value. Click on the par value link and you can see more information regarding this.

Heard that Julie is heading to Seattle to support her father who is having open heart surgery. Our thoughts and prayer go with her.

On the other hand Tami is going to Arizona to play. Catch some sun for us.

APB goes out to Carrie K, Amanda B (did she have her baby) and Ashley H. If you see them tell them the class sounds easier than ever and they should sign up for another semester of fun.

Homework: Read Chapter 13 (missed telling people this, we'll see who actually reads this blog)

Also, email me your email address so I can have a contact for you.

Back to school

Had a good semester break. Went skiing several times, bum leg and all. Looking forward to a great semester. I see we have 13 students signed up right now so who knows what we'll end up with.

I'm at a adjunct faculty opening semester session. I forget how it feels to be a student so it's good for my soul to sit through a few sessions like this every year. Remind me to go off on tangents more often to keep things interesting.

Classes start next Tuesday so we'll see everyone then.

Semester break

The final has come and gone. Handed in grades today. Let me know if you'd like your grade now. Hope to see everyone next semester in Acct. 202. Have a happy holidays and a safe new year.

Last class before final

Handed back projects and final quiz. Finished up homework for chapter 12 and went over what's on the final. Homework was rather difficult to get through as many of the questions had difficult names to pronounce. Everytime I tried to speak with a straight face everyone broke out laughing.

Still hobbling on my gimpy leg. At least I'm without crutches. Can't put any weight on my right leg but feel it's getting better. Hopefully I'll be skiing when the time comes.

Showed everyone linkedIn. Told everyone to add me if they wanted. (See last post).

One last test to go. 

Last lecture and quiz

Can't believe the semester is at an end. Always a fast semester as the classes are so enjoying and fun to teach. We finished chapter 12 lecture tonight and I assigned homework for Thursday.

I came hobbling in without crutches although it took me 10 mins to get from the parking lot. We discussed my trip to California purely for my enjoyment. Talked about partnerships and how to journalize starting and ending a partnership as well as admitting new partners at various entry prices. A show of hands says we will loose a couple of people for next semester.

QUIZ: I've been thinking about this last quiz I usually give. It's a summary quiz that lets you tell me what you have learned in the semester. Instead of you handing in a piece of paper telling me what you have learned and no one seeing the results but me. I'd like you to put your comments on this site. Put your answers in the comment to this blog entry. If you don't want to advertise your name you can put your initials instead of your name and I'll figure out who you are. Here's the quiz.

List for me your 5 top things you've learned, enjoyed, will remember, etc. about Accounting 201. Due by Tuesday December 16th.

Link to me if you want to stay connected: http://www.linkedin.com/in/pitcherda

Homework:

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California Dreaming

Just got back from Los Angeles. Brought the whole family with me and had a good time in Santa Monica. Visited several clients around L.A. and got caught up with some old friends. Went to Disneyland with the family. Was on crutches the whole day. I didn't want to be pushed around in a wheel chair so got bruises in my arm pits instead. Got to the front of the line on most rides though so that was nice. My son liked the race cars but not space mountain. He's only 4 so was a little nervous on the fast rides.

Haven't started marking projects yet but hopefully tonight.

Started the last chapter in this course last Tuesday. Chapter 12 is on partnerships which leads well into the next course. We should get done the lecture next class.

I will post the final quiz after class tomorrow and you can fill it out here.