Thursday, October 16, 2003
The Class Clown
Something very interesting has happened.
Yesterday, someone sent an email (via hotmail) to the whole MBA class calling himself the 'Class Clown'. The text of the email is as follows...
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To all current MBAs
I am your class clown! I am in the class, but prefer to be anonymous. Why?
Well, so I can make some comments about the class, without retribution!
I hope to bring some life to us all, by adding some humour to the class. You
will get the occasional joke, but also the occasional constructive
criticism..
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I have a few comments I want to make at this stage:
1. Please arrive at class on time!
2. if you arrive more than 20 mins late, you should probably skip class.
3. Turn your phones off. Don't leave class to answer them... and then come
back in!
It is really disruptive for the rest of us!!!!!
This may be a cultural issue, but either may its just plain rude.
Remember - MARKSTRAT is just a game!
Yours truly,
Class clown
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Well, well. This should prove interesting. The class is intrigued; who could it be? We each have our suspicions...
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Yesterday, someone sent an email (via hotmail) to the whole MBA class calling himself the 'Class Clown'. The text of the email is as follows...
*******
To all current MBAs
I am your class clown! I am in the class, but prefer to be anonymous. Why?
Well, so I can make some comments about the class, without retribution!
I hope to bring some life to us all, by adding some humour to the class. You
will get the occasional joke, but also the occasional constructive
criticism..
If you want to un-subscribe, click here
I have a few comments I want to make at this stage:
1. Please arrive at class on time!
2. if you arrive more than 20 mins late, you should probably skip class.
3. Turn your phones off. Don't leave class to answer them... and then come
back in!
It is really disruptive for the rest of us!!!!!
This may be a cultural issue, but either may its just plain rude.
Remember - MARKSTRAT is just a game!
Yours truly,
Class clown
_________________________________________________________________
Find a cheaper internet access deal - choose one to suit you.
http://www.msn.co.uk/internetaccess
Well, well. This should prove interesting. The class is intrigued; who could it be? We each have our suspicions...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2003
The 'Wall'
How early does one hit the wall on an MBA?
Surely not this early. I was supremely demotivated today. Must have been something to do with the full day of maagement analysis today.
Honestly, I just don't see the need fro this to be a core course. Okay, great, it makes the Judge look better with a solid quant course upfront, but in terms of what I want out of an MBA, this certainly ain't it.
And to prove the point, at the end of 6 hrs of quant, it turned out the subject of our case study did the opposite of what was recommended!! Why? because people are not machines and the course of action chosen involved the possibility of great fame and kudos that the optimised choice did not offer. I couldn't figure out the optimal choice, but I was the first to figure out the human choice. I think that says something about all this number crunching; someone still has to show me the value of it all.
Oh dear, I am having a bad day aren't I?
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Surely not this early. I was supremely demotivated today. Must have been something to do with the full day of maagement analysis today.
Honestly, I just don't see the need fro this to be a core course. Okay, great, it makes the Judge look better with a solid quant course upfront, but in terms of what I want out of an MBA, this certainly ain't it.
And to prove the point, at the end of 6 hrs of quant, it turned out the subject of our case study did the opposite of what was recommended!! Why? because people are not machines and the course of action chosen involved the possibility of great fame and kudos that the optimised choice did not offer. I couldn't figure out the optimal choice, but I was the first to figure out the human choice. I think that says something about all this number crunching; someone still has to show me the value of it all.
Oh dear, I am having a bad day aren't I?
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Herman!!
Yep, the great, the one and only Herman Hauser will be visiting the Judge next Tuesday as part of the entrepreneurial get togethers recently organised.
Reserve my seat now!
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Reserve my seat now!
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Robbie!!
Apparently there's a whisper going round in class that I look a little like Robbie Williams. I'm sure there's a compliment in there somewhere :-/
Max, er, Robbie, relaxing yesterday
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Max, er, Robbie, relaxing yesterday
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The Village Idiom
One of the interesting things about doing an MBA at a decent school is the mix of nationalities. We have over 30 nationalities here at the Judge and it can make for interesting cross-cultural conversations.
For a start, it's kinda difficult for foreigners to 'get' British humour. Certain idioms just don't make sense out of context. Take the title above. It's a play on Village Idiot, whis is something of an idiom.
This puts a certain discipline on interlocultors when communicating. It really opens our eyes to how often we use metaphors and idioms as shortcuts to communication and in so doing forces us to be very clear. This is a good thing; it's almost like re-learning how to walk straight. And if you work hard enough, there's plenty of humour everyone can understand for you to use to 'connect'.
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For a start, it's kinda difficult for foreigners to 'get' British humour. Certain idioms just don't make sense out of context. Take the title above. It's a play on Village Idiot, whis is something of an idiom.
This puts a certain discipline on interlocultors when communicating. It really opens our eyes to how often we use metaphors and idioms as shortcuts to communication and in so doing forces us to be very clear. This is a good thing; it's almost like re-learning how to walk straight. And if you work hard enough, there's plenty of humour everyone can understand for you to use to 'connect'.
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