Party all night, Study all day
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:13 pm
I'm really, really happy to be in law school.
I mean really happy.
I've wanted to go to law school since I was around 15. Partly because some well meaning individuals mentioned it and partly becsuse I can't stand the sight of blood. For my grandfather at least, those were the options.
I went to UG in a country where a law degree is a UG degree. Did Linguistics and Philosophy and enjoyed the experience. Mostly due to good friends who seem to make even the suckiest days fun. Almost lost my mind when my mother had a massive accident in my final year and almost quit school in the last 4 weeks of it. My father is really helpful like that.
I volunteered at Legal Aid, annoyed lawyers and generally mentioned the fact that I wanted to go to law school. After graduation however found a teaching job that probably, looking back, was an excellent decision. I was tired of school. I was tired of not getting where I wanted to go. Indeed, my whole life was stressing me out. So I worked.
Teaching high school and especially sixth form was an eye-opening experience. I was no longer the student, I was the teacher. I was no longer the child, I was the adult. I think making that transition would have been longer for me in any other job. I see it with my friends. I taught children barely younger than me and befriended staff much older than me. All in all, it was good for me.
But it was boring.
My mind needs constant stimulation. Teaching for the first year was fun. Everything was new so I had to learn it all. By the second year, I had to teach the same subjects since I had done so well the first year. But I knew that stuff already. So I applied to more than one law school this time. Whoever accepted me, I was going there. I had a clear first choice. I have had their law handbook since I was 17. It didn't matter though. I had to start law school this year.
I got in to all the law schools I applied to including my first choice. There was a huge mix-up though and up until almost mid-September, I didn't know I got into both campuses of my first choice. Home campus is a excessive debt burden. I received an 80% scholarship for away campus (which is the more prestigious). So I'm an away campus student.
Then the payment drama. My father had promised to pay for law school. I bought and paid for everything else but I had tuition covered, right? Wrong. When I called and told him I got into law school, he said congratulations but he couldn't pay for me. This is after the 80% scholarship to go to away school. After hearing that, I know what it is like to be truly depressed.
I sucked it up though. Mum was valuable here. She encouraged me to ask everybody and so I did. I scraped together the money to go to school from my family. Thank God for family.
My motivation in law school is different. I hate debt and now I have some. I love law and now I'm there.
Honestly, it's less about getting what you want and more about wanting what you get.
I mean really happy.
I've wanted to go to law school since I was around 15. Partly because some well meaning individuals mentioned it and partly becsuse I can't stand the sight of blood. For my grandfather at least, those were the options.
I went to UG in a country where a law degree is a UG degree. Did Linguistics and Philosophy and enjoyed the experience. Mostly due to good friends who seem to make even the suckiest days fun. Almost lost my mind when my mother had a massive accident in my final year and almost quit school in the last 4 weeks of it. My father is really helpful like that.
I volunteered at Legal Aid, annoyed lawyers and generally mentioned the fact that I wanted to go to law school. After graduation however found a teaching job that probably, looking back, was an excellent decision. I was tired of school. I was tired of not getting where I wanted to go. Indeed, my whole life was stressing me out. So I worked.
Teaching high school and especially sixth form was an eye-opening experience. I was no longer the student, I was the teacher. I was no longer the child, I was the adult. I think making that transition would have been longer for me in any other job. I see it with my friends. I taught children barely younger than me and befriended staff much older than me. All in all, it was good for me.
But it was boring.
My mind needs constant stimulation. Teaching for the first year was fun. Everything was new so I had to learn it all. By the second year, I had to teach the same subjects since I had done so well the first year. But I knew that stuff already. So I applied to more than one law school this time. Whoever accepted me, I was going there. I had a clear first choice. I have had their law handbook since I was 17. It didn't matter though. I had to start law school this year.
I got in to all the law schools I applied to including my first choice. There was a huge mix-up though and up until almost mid-September, I didn't know I got into both campuses of my first choice. Home campus is a excessive debt burden. I received an 80% scholarship for away campus (which is the more prestigious). So I'm an away campus student.
Then the payment drama. My father had promised to pay for law school. I bought and paid for everything else but I had tuition covered, right? Wrong. When I called and told him I got into law school, he said congratulations but he couldn't pay for me. This is after the 80% scholarship to go to away school. After hearing that, I know what it is like to be truly depressed.
I sucked it up though. Mum was valuable here. She encouraged me to ask everybody and so I did. I scraped together the money to go to school from my family. Thank God for family.
My motivation in law school is different. I hate debt and now I have some. I love law and now I'm there.
Honestly, it's less about getting what you want and more about wanting what you get.