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June 01, 2007
On Courtship. Pun Totally Intended!
Studying for the bar is much like dating, I've decided.
There are a lot of ups and downs:
OMG! He called! ... to cancel.I got a 70% on my property practice exam! ... but my correct answers were all lucky guesses.
It is also expensive:
Every first date for me required a new outfit. I am crazy that way.Bar/Bri costs $3,000.
The most painful part, however, is that both require post-encounter analysis. I can't tell you how many hours I whiled away with Laurie on the phone dissecting every off-hand remark for meaning only to discover I HAD NO IDEA. And I can't tell you how many hours I've whiled away examining my incorrect answers on practice tests only to figure out that I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THE RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES.*
With both the bar and dating, it's through your mistakes that you learn. And with both, learning is a pain in the ass, really.
After I take a practice exam? My first instinct is to:
(1) See how many I got right, then;
(2) Cry, then;
(3) Take a nap.
A slightly amended formula for the end of an unsuccessful relationship: failure, tears, nap, then a night out with the girlfriends.
Jettison mental cargo, leave the dock. Ahoy, matey #2!
Or at least that's what I always wanted to do. But then, I have to do the hard work. The going over of the answers: why did I pick A instead of C? What flawed premise was I working from? Why did it take me so long to understand A wasn't the right answer? What flawed concept is attracting me to A?
I'm just hoping that the same hard work I did with dating -- learning how to cut your losses early so you can move on, learning how to spot the right answer (woohoo!), will get me to the same result with bar preparation as it has with my love life:
Happy.
In other news, there was this great piece in Martha Stewart Living March 2007 about beautiful floral ribbon embroidery. And I tried to do some for my graduation thank you cards and failed -- my card stock wasn't strong enough for holes close enough to create flowers. But! tonight, after studying, I took a break and made my first embroidered card:
The writing looks a little cheesy, much like this post, but my first is always my worst, so I'm super excited for the next few I'll make!
OMG. Apparently, I cannot stop with the learning talk. Perhaps I will start my own daytime talk show, "Come Learn with Jen!" Unfortunately, the topics will be limited to:
- Which covenants run with the land
- How to make kind of crappy-looking crafts that your family and friends endure because they love you
Still, I think it will be a hit. With me. I'm an easy one to court with that kind of stuff.
*I am not the only one. There is a famous California case where the court refused to find for the plaintiff in a malpractice suit against a lawyer who didn't, like me, understand the rule against perpetuities.
Posted by jen at June 1, 2007 11:03 PM
Comments
We never even learned the rule against perpetuities in law school. My professor told us about the case you mentioned and said it was something we would never use, so we skipped it. Yay!
Posted by: -R- at June 2, 2007 09:35 AM
$3000?????????????
Do people who fail and retake the test have to pay that AGAIN???????????????
Posted by: Brat at June 2, 2007 09:55 AM
I just read that bit about the Perpetuity Rule, and, er, uh, HUH?!? If lawyers can't grasp it... isn't that really bad? LOL! The embroidered card is beautiful! I like the writing! It looks great! Not the least bit cheesy. I thought it was output from a font on the computer until I read the post.
Posted by: Jeanne B. at June 2, 2007 12:15 PM
Don't worry, you will do fine.
Posted by: Andree at June 2, 2007 01:58 PM
If RAP is messing with your mind then you are over thinking it. You must not look at it logically! You must think of it as a rule from another planet. Don't fight it. Don't use logic!
Posted by: RAP star at June 9, 2007 03:52 AM