Things I learned from Law School Finals this term
1. You do not need to know everything, just the select bit that the Prof thinks is important
2. Sometimes the Prof has no idea what (s)he is talking about (meaning you sort of have to make it up as you go along)
3. There is nothing like having the Professor mix up the names of the P or D in the fact pattern ... or all of a sudden create a new person in the call of the question ... makes guessing what to talk about all the more interesting
4. The question "discuss all issues" is not really a question at all, but a guise for torture
5. Typing is so much more efficient than writing (yet, I still did not finish one exam, and could have used another 15 minutes on the other)
6. I totally lack time management skills, proof being my last exam that stated I should spend 30 minutes on the first essay, ended up spending 45 mins and it cost me as I was unable to finish the multiple choice.
7. You can fail a class that you hoped would be your saving grace (well, not necessarily fail, but not do as well as you would like)
8. Proctors have a problem with allowing power get to their head.
9. The power-tripping proctors have no idea how to read simple instructions or know how to fix simple problems (like finding a blank disk to save your final on ? which was supposed to be provided)
10. Even though you know you sucked serious butt ... there is always a ray of hope that your fellow classmates also sucked (i.e., when they start to walk out the door and all of a sudden turn ghostly white and say, "damn, I totally wrote about the wrong thing. F*&%, he was not asking about X but Y. Son of a B*&#").
* Though I totally blew my con law II final (got a little too verbose on my speech essay and did not get to talk about the establishment clause), I think I pulled at least a B on the property finals; however, everyone seemed to write the same exact thing. It will come down to the multiple choice.
At least I am home now! I survived!
:sadwave:
1. You do not need to know everything, just the select bit that the Prof thinks is important
2. Sometimes the Prof has no idea what (s)he is talking about (meaning you sort of have to make it up as you go along)
3. There is nothing like having the Professor mix up the names of the P or D in the fact pattern ... or all of a sudden create a new person in the call of the question ... makes guessing what to talk about all the more interesting
4. The question "discuss all issues" is not really a question at all, but a guise for torture
5. Typing is so much more efficient than writing (yet, I still did not finish one exam, and could have used another 15 minutes on the other)
6. I totally lack time management skills, proof being my last exam that stated I should spend 30 minutes on the first essay, ended up spending 45 mins and it cost me as I was unable to finish the multiple choice.
7. You can fail a class that you hoped would be your saving grace (well, not necessarily fail, but not do as well as you would like)
8. Proctors have a problem with allowing power get to their head.
9. The power-tripping proctors have no idea how to read simple instructions or know how to fix simple problems (like finding a blank disk to save your final on ? which was supposed to be provided)
10. Even though you know you sucked serious butt ... there is always a ray of hope that your fellow classmates also sucked (i.e., when they start to walk out the door and all of a sudden turn ghostly white and say, "damn, I totally wrote about the wrong thing. F*&%, he was not asking about X but Y. Son of a B*&#").
* Though I totally blew my con law II final (got a little too verbose on my speech essay and did not get to talk about the establishment clause), I think I pulled at least a B on the property finals; however, everyone seemed to write the same exact thing. It will come down to the multiple choice.
At least I am home now! I survived!
:sadwave:
