Student Talk

Study groups: are they useful? This is a question that was raised in a Facebook group I had joined, titled "Bcom Accounting Sciences students in SA". It was created by Mica Themba Chissano for the purpose of CA(SA) aspiring students helping each other with the B.com Accounting course. When Oratilwe Machete raised this question, I figured that study groups is something that I should consider. Perhaps it could be something others may consider as well; especially those whose study or comprehension techniques are not effective. I had spoken to a few students about study groups. One student mentioned that she is skeptical about being in a study group, especially because the study mates might not be productive. One other student mentioned that he studies on his own but meets his group on certain days to ask questions to comprehend sections that he could not understand while he was studying on his own. www.trojanhack.co Initially, I had the same mentality as the firs...

As you may have assumed, I am a student. What you might not know is that I'm doing a B.com Accounting course in hope to be a chartered accountant. I do not find the course easy at all. I think a lot of my fellow students would agree with me when I say this course requires hard work, dedication and that it's not for the faint-hearted. Textbooks Why is that? Well, I've reached a level where 4, 5 or more new chapters are covered every single week throughout the whole semester - depending on the course outlines for the semester/year. Considering how thick the textbooks we use are, the length and complexity of the chapters, you can imagine the fast pace at which we're required to learn. Legislation and Standards Handbooks Lecturers have always mentioned pre-reading - something I had rarely attempted to do until recently...well until 3 months ago. It was challenging because it was my first time doing it and I had to figure out ways to pre-read 4/5 chapters effecti...

The idea of the blog came about a day after I had started attending a program called  PathwayForLife during the second quarter of 2014. It was discovered by UWC's Leadership and Social Responsibility department . It is a program that was started by a retired American couple - Mr Ray Brooke and Mrs Gay Brooke. The aim of the program, as the department of Leadership and Social Responsibility puts it, is “to help students discover their identity with their unique set of gifts, talents and experiences; along with their dreams and ambitions". I got the courage and confidence to start the blog after the first session of the program. The articles on the blog stem from my personal experiences as a student. What I've discovered is that we as students have common challenges which have been noted by fellow students and lecturers, too. There is also valuable information I get exposed to, which I feel other learners and students should be aware of as well. I then discovered a m...