I went to the Fessenden School in West Newton, MA, to teach Latin and English to 6th-9th graders. I had a dorm full of 8 th grade boys and coached football, wrestling and baseball. I then embarked on my business education. This program has evolved through time. We have a special intensive summer course set up locally to train these people in the technical aspects of accounting and to ensure that they will have enough credits to sit for the CPA exam.
Accounting is like an inflected language.
You have to put together a whole bunch of disparate pieces into a coherent whole. There are subtle shades of gray. There is interpretation of generalized rules. It has been a wonderfully challenging career and one for which I believe my education prepared me. I really would encourage you to have students think about this sort of career path.