Only bookish knowledge is not enough

."You cannot cross the ocean by sitting on the shore." You need to take the plunge and get ahead. And for getting ahead you must equip yourself with the necessary knowledge and skills. I would say students today need to enrich themselves in every arena. Since everything is related, half- baked patchwork kind of knowledge will not add to their skills. What is the effective mantra is a perfect mix of knowledge and skills. Read, Read and read. And keep yourself skilled in every manner – technical, practical or logical.
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And the second is present yourself well. A student most of the time ignores the fact that what he is, shows from his personality and personality unlike common belief, cannot be superficially altered. Unless you are confident from inside, you cannot be confident from outside. It comes from within. Enrich yourself. Keep yourself abreast with what's happening around you, read the newspaper, not for its page 3 alone, but for all the other things that it carries. Know your core subject well and develop a healthy attitude.
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Life is a beautiful journey, and it’s no fun if you don't enjoy yourself. Indulge, Enrich and Enjoy. Learn to have a balance. And yes, while you unearth so many things about life, you will have a sense of marvel at yourself and at the world around and its then that you know you have lived life kingsize.
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Words of Dr. V.K Jain (Corporate Law & Tax Faculty - Nagpur), who passed away recently.

Right, if you can't implement what you said then it's as good as chocolate teapot ... nice keep sharing

Hi to all,

I agree with all of you,but sometimes it is not possible those who are in job.  I say one best example is that one of my uncle is pursuing and completed upto Executive Programme in CS.  For appearing in CS Final procticle knowledge is required. But having same professional qualification his boss is not giving an opportunity and any chance in giving the work and at the same time, having a professional without giving an opportunity and pulling down.  Is it a professional manner.  I humbly request to those who feel that they are professional, pleaes give encouragement to those who are working persons, having burden of job, family responsibilities they are pursuing the professional course with an ambition of elevating in their present position and growth in career.

UNR

I have also come across such persons in my life. Actually, what is professionalism I don't understand.A person having knowledge has to pass to others and give uplifting to their subordinates those who are pursuing such course.  If it is not doing, in my opinion, he is not really a professional and doing injustice.

UMA

Rightly said..

In simple word.. a CA without knowledge is a Chinese cell phone which is copy of original!!

Both have almost same functions but performance of Chinese cell phone is way behind & not comparable.

When it comes to performance both fails & end result is known to every one.

Guys, 

Don't get too worked up. 

What you gain in CA or CS etc is very valuable knowledge. In my opinion please dedicate your time and learn thoroughly the syllabus and don't get carried away by unneccesary thoughts. 

Don't get bogged if you'r applying a particular theory or not. Application will come at some point in life. You cannot force it upon you. 

Regards

Cross The River

@ Ankit - I think you are referring to my response. 

Let me clarify few things. Firstly I didn't mean to support dummy. I did my articleship in a large audit firm and qualified CA. So I am not the one who believe in dummy. 

What I meant was that a student needs to be thorough in EVERY subject that's part of the CA course. Because the content that you learn is very valuable, unlike MBA or other courses, which is very superficial in CA you have the opportunity to go in-depth. Having spent 8 years in different industries I see the difference that a CA can bring to the job. 

However the recent trend I have noticed is CA students tend to study only for passing 'exam' or give very less importance to certain subjects on the pretext that those will not be tested in future years in their career. Many students are not that 'into' the course, they are just in it for the two-letters. 

But let me tell you, every aspect of what you learn in your curriculum will come to test in your job some way or the other. You don't have to wait for that. Once you'r a CA you got to know many stuff. That's the attitude business owners and your bosses are going to look at you. 

CA curriculum goes deep and wide. You have to travel the course. Don't go for short-cuts, aim for passing marks etc. Do all your research, read, read, read and read. 

As for articleship- Both extremes are wrong. Concentrating only on your articleship ignoring your books or concentrating only on your books ignoring your articleship. So what's the weight you would assign, you could ask.. I would say 60:40 in favour of books. Because you'r still in your learning phase of your career. Your primary source of knowledge is STILL your curriculum. Your office boss doesn't set your curriculum. He merely 'uses' you because he believes you will backup your work with what you learn in CA curriculum. 

And articleship is quite restrictive. Like you may do only statutory audit without getting any exposure to tax or corporate finance. As a candidate for future interviews, you should be aware of the limitations that your articleship has got. Just because you articled in so and so firm doesn't mean you know everything. So during your articleship and your studies, learn as much as possible and go as deep as possible. Don't ignore one for another. Don't make choices. 

There is a lot I could write. I needed to respond because someone took my comment wrongly and I need to clarify.

The title of the thread  'only booking knowledge is not enough' is partly correct. It would be more apt if it was 'also, only practical training is not enough as well'.  

Hope this helps. 

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