Today marked the last day of classes for my first year of law school. Yes, there are still two weeks filled with finals before the year is officially over, but being done with classes so that I can concentrate on outlining and studying for those finals feels good. From the ending day, I found that I most appreciated an editorial that the Dean of the law school (also our civil procedure II professor) read to us just before the end of class. The editorial denounced the idea that high grades translate into success in life. It was moving for me, not only because I know it to be true, but because I so much appreciated him taking the time to remind us of it as we sit down to prepare for the high stakes tests that will be (for all practical purposes) the sole determination of our entire grade. I know that many believe that the structure of the high stakes tests and the rankings in law school can’t (or shouldn’t) be changed, and although I disagree, I do appreciate that the Dean of our law school is not only cognizant of the problem, but also willing to share his viewpoint with us. I felt perhaps like my third graders felt when I would shuffle them off to the ISTEP testing room, reassuring them that their performance would not be life shattering.
That said, over the next few weeks, I will likely be a hermit as I try to catch up from what has been a very emotionally draining semester for me. And while I do that, I will likely take study breaks to blog (albeit somewhat incoherently) and to read email. In fact, as I study with my laptop I am likely to check email at a ridiculously high rate. So please feel free to email me (at the gmail account). Please feel free to forward stupid jokes to me. Please feel free to send me links to good stuff. Email will be my lifeline for the next few weeks. And there is nothing worse than checking your email after twenty minutes and finding nothing new!
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