New respect to teachers

Last Thursday, I taught accounting/finance section for our class. Students are from different majors and our goal is to provide the big picture of how business functions and the general knowledge of business. With that, I didn't need to go into too much detail of accounting. I talked about the responsibilities of CPAs, the importance of financial records, the necessity of annual reports, etc. I introduced Asahi Beer's annual reports in English and Japanese. Most students are juniors. They are trying to figure out what kind of job they would like to have and what needs to be done right now. They all have very positive attitude and bring up good questions in the class. kinda naive, but straight and pure. I can't remember if I was like that 15 years ago... Although I didn't manage my time well and had extra time towards the end, other instructor filled up with more information and overall the class was good. (I think.)

boy... teaching is not easy. I don't know how teachers manage their class time. I don't know how they can keep kids' attention appropriately when they are not willing to study. I have a new respect to all teachers.