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I will stop
telling the other kids that peacocks are tasty...
I will stop telling the other kids that peacocks are tasty...
I will stop telling the other kids that peacocks are tasty...
I will stop telling the other kids that peacocks are tasty...
Yes... I'm going back to school. This time with my sights set on
the lofty ambition of completing my MBA. I enrolled in Royal
Roads University's program in April 2005 and as I write this am
not sure whether I'm thankful that I did, or thankful that the
first residency is over.
So much to cover... the education
was amazing. What surprised me the most was the fact that I
learned as much from my classmates as I did from the
instructors. Except for Jo Axe's class on accounting... on the
whole... we sucked at accounting.
The next step is the online
learning session for Accounting and Marketing. I'm really hoping
that the marketing course comes naturally... my clients might
have an issue if I don't do well in that one!
Thinking of
taking the RRU MBA? Here are some handy tips:
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Pay them the
extra $250 to be put on a really good team.
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Pre-reading...
yes. Read it. All of it. Well... except for that stuff on
economics... but read that later.
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Stay on campus
- I lived at home and spent a couple of nights wishing I
could have just slept in the Grant Building (which - as I
found out - is actually frowned upon... go figure!)
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Get to know
Sammie and Renate... these two lovely ladies (did I mention
brilliant??) hold the keys to the castle.
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Take the Dean
for Breakfast... better yet - have him take you.
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Don't get
suckered in to the "Ocean View Rooms." From what I could see
- the people who had the lovely views also had the closest
proximity to the peacocks
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Peacocks are
cute. I suggest the best way to view them is while they're
stuffed and mounted in a very natural pose. You'll be
popular with classmates if you can bring a fox, coyote,
cougar or any other really big (and hungry) cat from home.
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If you don't
have one of those, bring earplugs. Residency one happens
during mating season... apparently the ungodly cries from
these creatures are nature's way of saying "How you doin'??"
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Get your
sleep. Before. During. After. There's a lot of work... it's
not going to kill you - but you'll think it could. Be well
rested before jumping into class.
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Make sure you
have an amazing girlfriend who will support you when you're
starting to overreact and suffer from sleep deprivation... I
couldn't have done it without Babe! If you're married...
well... you decide if you need a girlfriend or not... I'm
not going to get into any more trouble than I'm already in!
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