Finals is coming up–there’s only about a month left in fall semester now. I’ve noticed that several of my classmates are missing–permanently. And here I am, doing all this work and studying that would make some people cry and leave. What am I doing this for? Sometimes that question comes up right after I finish a nice study session in the library. I’m doing this for myself. To prove to every person I meet after 2009 that I was able to take all the pain and suffering, and still come out OK. Law school is the academic battlefield of this country, it seems, and I plan to become a distinguished veteran. Sure, I’ll lose 3 precious years of my youth–but it’s all worth it. It IS. That’s why I’m not a quitter. That’s why I’m going to kick ass and Q.E.D. those @!#$ing final exams. Every one of them.
October 28, 2006
October 7, 2006
A Farewell to Midterms
Yup, that’s right. I just came back from finishing my midterms. Thus ends a fortnight of turmoil. I’m not sure how I did on them, because, unsurprisingly, they were so hard! Yes, they were multiple choice tests, but even still, I was under so much pressure. To illustrate: 20 questions, to be completed in 1 hour. Save a few dear souls who were obvioiusly the type that finish everything in lightning speed (and maybe with lightning brilliancy), everyone took the full hour. I’ve never heard of 20 questions that take a full hour to complete. Well, maybe I am biased. Technically it took me and most everyone something like 55 minutes, because when I surveyed the room a lot of people were quickly going over all of their answers and hurriedly flipping the exam pages. But with only 5 minutes left, I could barely go back and reexamine those harder questions to try out a different approach. I’ll have to wait until next week to see my scores. Cross those fingers!
With the end of midterms, final exams loom over my existence as a petty 1L. I’m probably over-exerting myself right now, so I’ll end this post quickly before my brain dies.
October 4, 2006
Constructive Anonymity
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