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Some may argue that to get 100% on a your accounting quiz that you have barely looked at the material for is just pure luck. Of course, they might just say it is luck because there is no way that accounting is logical and the details can drain the personality out of a person.
However, I did just get a 100% and I've definitely got a personality and only a little numbers logic. It probably helps that I prayed and that I work with the "Finance Guys" at work. Terminology is what gets me but I can add and subtract. I think however, it was luck that the questions were all number based...so maybe it was luck and skill.
Going on though, Kelli Post and I were playing racquetball a little while ago. She commented that she thinks that when women make a great kill, they usually respond, "That was luck." She further stated that men usually respond to a great shot with something along the lines of "THAT WAS SKILL" and flex or something equally as manly. So I'm curious...I wonder if I could get a grant from someone to study if this really is a gender differential or if it is something else entirely. Maybe I could even run a multiple regression model from my beginning Statistics course...oh...I better stop before this sounds like a completely viable idea...
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Some scenarios: If equally skilled players hit the same great shot (we'll assume it was skill) and the women says that it's luck and the man says it's skill then it proves that men are more honest with themselves and others. If the man and the women both hit a lucky shot (which requires some skill) and they respond in the same way as they did in scenario one, it proves that men look on the optimistic side of things. Or finally, but most unlikely, if a skill shot is hit by the man and he admits it, and a lucky shot is hit by a woman and she admits it, then it proves that the man hit a better shot and will probably win the game. Honesty or Dishonesty? Optimistic or Pessimistic? Skill vs Luck?
one more thought, Great job on your test! Are you implying that accounting drains the personality out of a person? Are you saying that having an accountant walk into the room is like having two fun people leave? I should have studied finance instead and kept the tiny bit of personality I had.
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