Just a comment on life lessons

Please do not name your children of any of the following:
-Botanical
-Blade
-Legend
-or do any funky spelling of what might be a normal sounding name

The first day of classes are always misleading the professors are very different than how they tell you they will be.  No matter what they say.

Ladies if your button down shirt looks like it is going to pop a button any second, think twice about your shirt and select something else.

Little children love most everything and almost everyone, we should all try to strive to be more like that.

First Days of Classes Can be misleading

Last Thursday I thought my DE professor would be the best and funniest teacher of the semester.  I was wrong - Monday she made me fear her and not enjoy being in her class.  The horror stories of other classmates have since been told to me and I don't feel like I will be taking her summer course no matter how much I like her subject.

Last Thursday I thought my Family Law professor was as scary as a military drill Sargent.  She has since shown herself to be a great teacher, who will make me think and really learn the topic.

Today I am overwhelmingly impressed by my plea bargaining professor.  I am hopefully that he keeps this up, I don't want to be disappointed by a teacher that promises to teach practical skills instead of theory and actually care about his students.

Best things overheard in law school

Negligence, whatever that is.

People in law school do not like math.
NO, because math is straight forward.


They don't know what they are missing.  A reality show would hit gold if they followed evening law school students around at their job all day, then in law school at night for several hours.  We are crazy!

Smile

What is thingyness?

Sometimes law professors ask the best questions.  Tonight this was the best line of the day/night and yes there really is a serious answer to this rather silly sounding question.

Third Fall Semester Begins

In a few short days my Third Fall Semester of Law School will begin.  I am already preparing and trying to get readings done for the first two weeks.  I am amazed at how quickly the summer went by and how much I enjoyed the summer classes I was in.
I am getting ready to start what will be a crazy ride, but one that I have come to enjoy and dread in equal parts depending upon the moment you catch me.  I enjoy the classes, the classmates, the learning, the research, the experiences.  I dread the massive amounts of reading (which is odd since I love to read to so much), the massive amounts of case briefing, the writing (I admit I am not the best at it), and the exams.  Even as I teacher I don't feel exams are always the best way to show learning that has occurred.  I am looking forward to this semester, maybe more than the previous semesters.

I made it half-way this four year journey in my life, and I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.  It is faint, but I see the edges of the rays.  Right now I am feeling like myself, but we will see how I feel in December after finals.

Predictions for my future

I have been told that while the legal profession needs people like me, I will probably not like some of the luncheons I will have to go to and most of my friends will probably not be in the legal profession.
I feel that is a fair prediction, the costume that needs to be worn while doing the formal legal stuff is not my favorite thing and I am struggling to not include the funny things or cute things to make people smile that I am accustomed to doing as a teacher.
Who knows what the future hold for me, but I will always try to insert my fun personality no matter what.  I just wish the legal profession would appreciate it.

Still in School

Grades finally came in and I have a high enough GPA that I will be allowed to stay in law school for two more years until I graduate.  I have decided to add getting a Master of Library Science to my J.D. degree while working full time, because I love the library.  I realize I am not writing this daily, like I was first under the delusion that I would be able to when I started law school two years ago.  I can't explain why, unless you are in law school, then you just understand.  My brain feels like it has been on constant overload for the past two years, and I have two more years to go.  A classmate was kind enough to point out that we are half way done, and at first I was excited then the dread came over me.  I am half way done, but the two years blew by and dragged on at the same time.  I know many of you think this may not be possible, but attend law school and you will realize that the time warp and loop holes scientists create theories about are real.  Two weeks of finals four months away seems like it would take forever and that you have plenty of time to do things like study.  However those four months will go by quicker than you think, except in a 50 minute class that feels like it takes four hours.  The two weeks of finals take forever except in the exams those three hours blitz by you in what feels like 15 minutes.
I know this is mostly rambles, and I could make a promise to try and do better at posting on a monthly or weekly basis, but for the imaginary people I think might be reading this I wont lie to you.  I can't even delude myself into thinking that after two years I would be able to better manage my time to find away to post an update more frequently.  Law school has been sucking time away from things I would like to do, and the things I would love to do are shortened down to what fits in between a study session and what little sleep I can afford myself.
I am still alive, I am still in law school, I am still a teacher, and I am half way done.  If I made it through the first two years I can make it through the next two - that might be my motto this summer as I take classes and as I start fall classes in just a few very short months.