Day 9 Blog

 

Micah Weinstock

Dr. Ott

Personal Finance

January 14, 2021


We started the day with a long conversation about questions we had in YMYL. It was a great conversation that dealt with many topics and led to deep thought by many. After a short break we came back and handed out tasks on creating the presentation of our course. We decided to have 10 categories, ranging from all types to topics, from crypto to movies. When we came back from lunch, we worked on our slides, practiced them as to see how we fit within our time constraints, and finalized them. The last thing that we did was watch a movie about the Enron scandal, “Enron, The Smartest Guys In The Room.” It was an interesting watch for us, as we were watching the downfall of a financial behemoth that happened in our own backyard, in a building that many of us have driven past. We ended with a short discussion about our takeaways from the movie and our thoughts and got the chance to say thank you Dr. Ott! We will miss you!

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