Thursday, January 6, 2011

Law School Grades

...are so arbitrary.  After 3 semesters of law school I'm convinced that there really isn't that much of a difference between an "A" student and a "D" student, it's just that the "A" student figured out what the professor wanted to read on the particular day he read that student's exam.  Some professors want a coherent, well thought-out essay and will take away points for irrelevant arguments, others just want you to throw in every rule you know, even if it's not relevant and even if it's not entirely accurate.  There is no consistency among the various professors' grading styles and you really don't know what each professor's style is until after the exam.

Some of my fall semester grades have finally come in and with every new grade, my frustration with higher education grows.  I'm paying tons of money for a professor to tell me what to do all semester, then put me through 3 hours of torture at the end of the semester, and then finally tell me how stupid I am.  Considering the morning sickness I was dealing with, this semester was much harder for me during exams than the previous two.  I'm okay with my grades this semester, not thrilled, but satisfied with most of them.  Needless to say, I'm ready to be out of school, away from arbitrary grades, and getting paid for what I do.

Check this out.  It's the little peanut's first outfit!  Assuming I actually graduate from law school, and assuming that I actually have this baby, the little peanut can wear this to my graduation ceremony.  

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