“I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.”
— D. H. Lawrence
Module One is over. Yes, Module One is over!
There were many reasons for why we could quit the MBA program during Module One. Just imagine, at 10:00PM, you suddenly discover you have 100 pages of reading materials to go. Are you sure you still feel comfortable or are you ready to give up? But the point here is Module One is over! We have survived! But, again, the question is what have we learned during Module One, apart from the knowledge of Statistics, Accounting, Management, Communication and Team Process? I bet one thing everyone has mastered is the skill of time management.
The importance of time management should never be over-emphasized. Each week we had more than 400 pages of textbooks or reading packets to accomplish. Honestly, they were not as enjoyable as 400 pages of Da Vanci Code, the Lost Symbol, or An Echo in the Bone, but they were 400 pages of theories about Sequential Regression, the LIFO Reserve, and Abilene Paradox! (Excuse me, say again? What paradox?) Additionally, we had Ten Minute Business Expertise Speech, Team Profile, and Analysis of “Dead Poet Society”. (Wait, is that the dull movie acted by Robin Williams? Yes, but we had to use what we had learned in Management class to give it a thorough analysis. ) Moreover, we had job fairs to attend. We had to prepare answers to 50 behavior questions in order to breathe smoothly during various job interviews. (What? Job interviews? So early?) Furthermore, we must call our parents, hang out with our boyfriends/girlfriends, or play with our kids… What a ton of work we had to take care of! Without time management skills to balance different aspects of our life, we might scream out: “I can NOT stand anymore! I’ll quit the program tomorrow!!!”
Now, after six weeks of intensive “field training”, we have a better grasp of time management skills. We are now confident that we are better prepared for the study in Module Two in the coming week. Besides, we know we will present to the future employers better resumes, and know how to share with them our past experience and values of work and life. Also, we are sure we will better enjoy the games with our family and friends in Beaver Stadium, cheering “We are…Penn State!”
P.S: A recent scientific research shows that without sufficient sleeping, students with the ability of getting As actually got Cs.