12.16.05
Property exam tonight, and now its all pau for my first semester of law school as part of the evening division. The running joke is that we all have just seven more semesters left before its all done. Then we can look forward to studying for the bar. I’m split on how I feel I did. All of this is really a black box when it comes to gauging whether you’ve prepared enough for exams or not. The very exam that I felt like I prepped the worse for ended up being the better of the tests I felt like I took. go figure.
While I think I got the research part down pretty good, I can say that I’m not too fond of my performance on the writing parts, I’d like to contribute it to the fact that it is a different style of writing that I’m getting used to, but who knows. I’m partly dreading and anticipating my grades for the first semester. I guess what is done is done, but still I always wonder if I could’ve done even a little better.
I suppose this is what they call law school. A friend whose been through it said that it really is a constant guessing game, people who might’ve thought they were relatively intelligent going into it spend the next 3-4 years questioning how smart they really are. The powers to be work very hard at breaking you down to accept the new way of thinking, analysis, processing, and frame of mind.
So far so good as far as keeping my sanity, but I have to admit that I am a little fatigued both mentally and physically from the dual processes of work and school. Much to learn, many lessons learned quickly and on the fly this first semester. Believe it or not, but I’m actually looking forward to the spring already. If I get ambitious I might actually try to read ahead, and maybe even buy my Torts book in advance. Or not. For now its to chill out, work out a bit and unwind, at least for a couple weeks before its back at it again. Auwe.