Law Students

Ennui.

By Dr. Bombay

:(n) a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom.

So exams are roughly 3 weeks away, and I could not care less.  Sure, I?m aware of the effect that positive (or negative) grades can have on my overall academic and career trajectory, but I?m boiled cabbage compared with the ball of fire I was last semester. What?s worse is that given the way that our year long classes work, I?ll wind up getting final grades for 15 credits worth of course work, which is the same as the full timers. Still, my thoughts seem to stray (in no particular order) to golf, my folks place at the beach, and playing Pai Gow Poker at Harrah?s.  I?m comforted in knowing that I?m not alone in feeling this way. When I broached the subject with Pakistani (Kazakhstani ?) Princess and the Sherpa the other night, their collective response mirrored mine in both tone and tempo.

So other than call in Underdog, what are we supposed to do?

Catholic was trying to help, by offering a roundtable discussion on dealing with stress. This was offered at 5pm meaning I would have to cut out of work early, making it about as useful as a one-armed paper hanger. It also does not help that the law school is being used as the center for the security cordon for the Pope?s visit this week.  Unless the Holy Father is bringing a Papal Indulgence with him that lets me off the hook in my Property exam, the added hassle of getting to and from school does not make this time of year any happier.

The thing that I find most frustrating about this entire process ? hell, evening law in general ? is the utter lack of time to prepare and the total lack of consideration that the school makes for us. We?ve even got exams scheduled on a Friday night. So I?d like to hear from some of you out there. Is it better somewhere else, or this frog march through hell just par for the course?

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Full post as published by Fight The Hypo on April 13, 2008 (boomark / email).