I was a little taken aback by what my Accounting teacher said today. He said, " We've got to take care of our feelings." Perhaps this may sound a little bizarre, coming from an Accounting teacher. Let me tell you the context of this. We had an accounting quiz today. After all the papers were handed in, our teacher decided to show us the answers. But he suggested that those who don't want to know, may leave. And I agree that some people really take study seriously so knowing how much you have done wrongly immediately after such a tough paper is not really an enjoyable experience. He reasoned, "we've got to take care of our feelings."
Accounting is a subject of rationalisation and logic. We don't refer to feelings and emotions casually. So you can imagine the mismatch of the statement did trigger some giggle among the class.
Nevertheless, like I said, I was caught by surprise. I think it makes sense. Besides caring way too much about the results, we need to look after our inner feelings and to make sure that they aren't destructive. Feelings are part of who we are. Even if negative feelings surface, they are definitely good indicators of how we perceive things.Knowing the condition of our heart and acknowledging that we feel a certain way about something helps us to know ourselves better. Perhaps emotions is one aspect that you can hardly find in accounting lessons and perhaps delivering results is not the only paramount element.
