WHAT DO I REALLY WANT FROM YOU?
My classes begin tomorrow morning for the spring semester. I just sent my students one final email to make sure they understood what I wanted from them. I figure I might as well let them know upfront. Here is what I told them: Tomorrow morning at either 9 or 10:30 a.m., we will meet and Intermediate Accounting II will begin. Over the past few weeks, you have received quite a number of emails from me talking about this class � why it is important and what it takes to do well. By now, one question should be rattling around in your brain: What does this guy really want from me as a student? Clearly, this class is not exactly like other classes and the teacher is not exactly like too many other teachers. What am I looking for from you over the course of the next 3 1/2 months? Last year, in downtown Richmond, my wife and I went to a play ( Equivocation ) about William Shakespeare. At one point during the f...