“I DON’T FIND IT INTERESTING”.
That’s a phrase that shows up a lot in my speech, containing 1000 reasons as to why, I won’t, will never, never did like Business Studies. I have realized that I have become a chronic complainer when it comes to learning Business Studies, a subject I dread. As in, stuffing pages and books of information into your already overloaded brain. It’s indeed a terrible experience.
It is not that I have ‘Epistemophobia’. Absolutely not! I do not wish to place a cognitive cap on my knowledge ceiling. For me, Business Studies is just inhaling a list of convoluted words and definitions and exhaling them out onto a question paper. The entire process is accentuated with incessant whining and dissonance.
Yesterday, it dawned on me suddenly that I have exams in 10 days, and I could procrastinate no more. I started learning the concepts and I was at sixes and sevens. I mean, do I actually need to learn about “business organizations”, “public limited”, “actuaries”, “insurance”, “ledger books”, “limited companies”, BARTER TRADE IN THE FORM OF CHICKENS AND SNAKES, etc etc etc. I mean, who in this world practices barter trade with chicken and snakes? And why should I even care about “A limited company under the memorandum of association having more concern on the code of governance, leading to accounting records being audited?”
THE SENTENCE MAKES ME DIZZY.
Presently, the subject is more theoretical than practical and hence it becomes extremely difficult for me to relate the strands of business to real-life applications. Sometimes I try to draw parallels with my daily activities, for example, a ledger is exactly like diary writing, but it’s a written record of all transactions instead of personal experiences. As I enjoy reading medical terms, understanding the terms and conditions for health insurance is comparatively easier than understanding professional liability insurance. This strategy of correlation does not always work as at that time, the information depicted is too abstract to process from the textbook tales.
To understand the business procedures and practices, I would prefer a more hands-on approach. And since that is not happening, I would not crown Business Studies as my preferred subject of choice for my future education. I’ve been informed ENOUGH OF THE REASONS as to why I should pursue Business Studies. For the time being, I have simply decided to bow out gracefully.
Can you, my dear readers, provide any techniques to make the subject less intimidating?
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Signing off…