Accounting a hit at Bowie High
"I have five Accounting I classes and am extremely excited about it. When I first started teaching three years ago, we only had one class. Last year we had two and this year we have five!"
— Amanda Waters, Bowie High School
A hearty welcome ...
... to the following new TCPA members:
- From Seneca Valley High School: Yuting Li, Karen, Shannon, and Sumer Saliba
- From Thomas Stone High School: Jasmin Fenwick
- From Watkins Mill High School: Farzana Ahamed, Veonica Astorima, Marc Ferguson, Stephen Fultz, Diana Gomez, Peteryne Kamei, David Martin, Yaw B. Ntim, Maria J. Sandoval and Elizabeth Tellez.
Thanks so much for joining Tomorrow's CPA.
Election 2004: What's at stake?
Here are five of the big issues and where the candidates stand on them.
www.wsjclassroomedition.com/archive/
04sep/poli_atstake.htm
Accounting students on the rise
According to a survey compiled by the American Institute of CPAs, accounting enrollments at U.S. colleges and universities grew 17 percent between 2000 and 2003. Accounting grads for 2002-03 rose 11 percent, while those earning a master’s degree increased 30 percent.
It’s not just about taxes
A recent study found that businesses rely on their accountants for more than just tax preparation and day-to-day bookkeeping. Forty-nine percent of business owners said their accountants helped them better understand their business or implement new technology to improve performance. And 62 percent of business owners said they looked to their accountant to help find ways to save time and money. Read more about it at:
smartpros.com/x44941.xml
Words of wisdom from a Trump trumper
“Apprentice” winner Amy Henry offers these suggestions to anyone — male or female — who wants to get noticed in the workplace.
msn.careerbuilder.com/Custom/MSN/
CareerAdvice/378.htm?siteid=cbmsndw4369&
sc_extcmp=JS_wi1_sept04_dw
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Accounting word of the week: Y
Yield: Return on an investment an investor receives from dividends or interest expressed as a percentage of the cost of the security. For more definitions, go to:
www.startheregoplaces.com/
resourcecenter/glossary.asp
Study accounting in college!
For a list of Maryland colleges and universities with accounting programs and Maryland community colleges with accounting courses, go to:
www.tomorrowscpa.org/highschool/
college.html
Poll: Nearly one-third of teens believe 'you have to bend the rules to succeed'
More encouraging is the percentage of teens who think people who practice good business ethics are more successful than people who don’t.
smartpros.com/x45092.xml
Personal finance
Ten ways to make your friends wish they knew as much about money as you do: No. 6 — Be aware of the difference between saving and investing. Saving money is simply the act of not spending it. Investing means that you earn a return (that's cash, people) on the money you put into it. It takes awhile to be financially and intellectually ready for investing. Saving doesn't take brainpower, it takes willpower. Save for awhile. Then invest when you feel you are ready. For more personal finance tips, go to:
www.cajumpstart.org/tenways.htm
TCPA member profile
Meet Robert J. Howard Jr.
Hobbies: Model trains
Favorite movie: “X-Men”
Why I want to be a CPA: I like overcoming challenges, needed to change to a non-physical career.
Favorite course: Income Tax and Automated Accounting
Least favorite course: Botany
What people say when I tell them my career choice: "Great, you should have done that years ago, you already understand most of it."
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