The Taylors: Mississippi School of Banking

Last year SOUTHBank sent me to Oxford, MS for my first year in the Mississippi School of Banking. We had a small class of 40 so we all became friends. Our first year consisted of classes from Sunday-Saturday. We sat in a freezing cold room from 8am-5pm or later everyday and listened to speakers talk and talk and talk and talk some more. Every now and then we had a few good speakers! After listening all we long we had a HARD exam on Saturday morning. Thankfully, I passed that exam and entered into the 2nd year of banking school.

Fast forward a year! I had a few homework assignments to complete before I could start my second year. They weren't easy, but thanks to a few loan officers, I passed! :) So, Sunday, April 11 I drive to Oxford for the week. There I meet up with my friends and we catch up on the past year. Then we had classes until 10pm! Second year was much more fun than my first year. We spent our time still having speakers but also doing group work. I love group work! I can finally talk and NOT listen to a boring man stand up and speak about his past experiences with auditors and bankers. The first few days were great. You do your classwork then group work and then you are done for the night!

Then Wednesday rolls around and you spend every waking minute working on your group work and presentation. Wednesday was a late night, but Thursday? Thursday I got in bed at 3:00am (Friday morning)! Only to get up at 6 to get ready to present! We were 6th to present out of 8 groups. We finished up at lunch and then had more speakers that afternoon. The entire class was doing the best we all could to stay awake, but it was hard! We were finally free about 5pm and I went to Applebee's with three other ladies and had the best time out of the entire week. We talked and laughed and laughed and talked. Then it was back to business because we had to study for our exam on Saturday morning. This exam wasn't as hard, but still tricky. After the exam, a few ladies and I walked around the Grove (it was Red/Blue weekend!) and then went to Holman Hall (the building I practically lived in my senior year at Ole Miss) for graduation. Yep, everyone in our class passed!

This was my group {New South Bank};

Renea, Jarrod (CEO), Ben, Jamey, and myself