DH has moved here to Texas...kind of. He's in outside sales so he's pretty much gone from Monday through Friday. That kind of cramped us money wise, as his company "reimburses" for expenses...except they only do that once a month it seems like. But, it's a job, what can I say?
DS just turned 20 and was able to get hired on as a travel EMT. He bounces from station house to station house...but it's good work, and even better is that they are going to sponsor him for paramedic school in January. At least that's the plan anyway.
DD18 was back in California for close to a week attending a wedding. It was good for her to go back and see her friends. She has come a long way since February. She has taken over managing DS15's schooling, and drives him to and from his baseball commitments for the most part. Not on Texas freeways though...the backroads. Texas freeways are another blogpost. DH's travel schedule combined with DS20's work schedule preclude her working outside the home until we can get another vehicle. That's just going to kill me...4 drivers 4 cars, but it's going to have to be done, because....
I'm back in the workforce. I run the accounting and IT divisions for a manufacturer in the DFW metroplex. The drive, even though far, is pretty nice. Texans complain about their "rush hour" traffic. You need to understand that the complaint is that they travel from 75 miles per hour to 45 miles per hour. Yeah. That's a real hardship...50 miles in 60 minutes. Versus commuting to LA: 45 miles in 2+ hours.
The good thing is occasionally (like yesterday and today) I can telecommute. As I type, we are in a lightning, thunder and rainstorm. You have not experienced lightning until you've lived in Texas. It comes so fast and furious that it is as bright as day for quite a few minutes at a time.
Anyway, the subject line of this blogpost. I received an email from an admissions recruiter for a graduate Accounting program. One of the rationale's as to "why" you'd want to go back to school? So you can get more training to become more versed in ... "the trend which is:
A shift from rules-based to principles-based accounting
Principle-based accounting places a greater emphasis on critical thinking and writing abilities so you can justify your choices and document them."
Yeah, that's what we need more of in the accounting world. Common-core (math) accounting--doesn't matter WHAT the answer "ought" to be, just be able to justify it. We don't need to adhere to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP, the rules which govern accounting), we just need to be able to justify what we did. My career including my current job has been correcting the mistakes of people who didn't care about adhering to GAAP, and justified what they did. I guess I'll always have a job if this "trend" becomes reality.
What's scary? Millions of U.S. brick and mortar school kids who are growing up indoctrinated in exactly that philosophy.
Geez, in my day we applied adjectives like fraud, embezzlement etc. to that mentality. Just saying.
It just astounds me.
