One inch further away from ignorance

My boss was talking to me yesterday about how Macquarie University doesn't have enough commerce students. I somewhat laughed at that comment. Not enough commerce students? I'm sure other universities would gladly lend them some international commerce students. Oh wait - no they wouldn't, because then they would be losing a large source of income.

My boss continued to say that there were a lack of students studying Finance. I proceeded to say - maybe because its too hard to get a job? He agreed because everyone wants to work for a big firm and there are only say 5 positions and 10000 people applying for it.

Taking this into consideration, this was one of the persuasive factors which led me to pick BIS as a major instead of Finance.

1. I would be incredibly crap at finance and I don't see a point in studying something I find hard, uninteresting and tedious.
2. It would be hard for me to find a job - regardless of whether or not I have a law degree. 
3. I hate commerce and I want to do as least possible amount of work. 

Then it occurred to me that BIS wasn't exactly easy either. It requires lots of lateral thinking and I actually have to do work to do well (but because I haven't been working hard, I haven't been doing well). I would say I received my fair share of just deserts (please don't kill me Vicky Chen).

Then it led me to think - aren't I just simply being ignorant and a lazy asshole? Definitely. In my attempts to get away from doing work, I ended up doing more work. In my attempts not to be an ignorant asshole I tried to 'invest' more time in educating myself about the world.

So... I tried reading the Business section of the newspaper and I felt like a dumb scarecrow (I don't know why I likened myself to a scarecrow) because I didn't understand what it meant when Italy's credit rating down graded from A to A+ and how it affects Australia because apparently it affects Australia.

So my goal for this year - on top of all my other goals and current commitments, is to educate myself about business in general. It's pretty embarrassing being a Business student and actually not knowing anything about the world. I can't really rely on the excuse that I don't do Economics or Finance because that's stupid.