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newbie epiphany
Nov. 9th, 2011 11:32 pmI always had this idea that law was this massive, rigid, inflexible mass, which was one of the main sources of my ehhh with lawyers (the other had to do with the generally "superior to you plebians" attitude I'd encountered). Anyway, I used to think that legal stuff was set in stone and unchangeable.
So now they tell me in school that actually you've got to examine every assumption - and actually, try not to have too many assumptions* - which is weirdly familiar: weird because I totally was not expecting it, and familiar because I used to not do that when studying English. Have too many assumptions, I mean, only RL makes that difficult and I'm now used to the RL style of things and so making a switch back, this time in a different discipline, is pretty disconcerting. I have to keep reminding myself to think.
Maybe I should make a sign and put it on my desk. Like maybe: "DON'T ASSUME ANYTHING; IF YOU DO, EXAMINE YOUR ASSUMPTIONS".
...I'm not making much sense, huh. That's okay, I just wanted to ramble a bit.
Also, I got a C for the contract law midterm. >_< At least it was only 10% of the final grade. Though in the spirit of schaudenfreude, I must say that most of the class got C's. And if I, with my haphazard understanding of the class material and admittedly confused state** in class, got the same grade as the smart alecks and people who actually understand this material at first glance, then I'm not doing too badly... right?
**I know. I usually need more time for it to percolate and perhaps to read it through a few more times - and usually I get it only after we'd discussed it in class; but at least I get it, right?
*They've been saying it for weeks; I just never got into it.
So now they tell me in school that actually you've got to examine every assumption - and actually, try not to have too many assumptions* - which is weirdly familiar: weird because I totally was not expecting it, and familiar because I used to not do that when studying English. Have too many assumptions, I mean, only RL makes that difficult and I'm now used to the RL style of things and so making a switch back, this time in a different discipline, is pretty disconcerting. I have to keep reminding myself to think.
Maybe I should make a sign and put it on my desk. Like maybe: "DON'T ASSUME ANYTHING; IF YOU DO, EXAMINE YOUR ASSUMPTIONS".
...I'm not making much sense, huh. That's okay, I just wanted to ramble a bit.
Also, I got a C for the contract law midterm. >_< At least it was only 10% of the final grade. Though in the spirit of schaudenfreude, I must say that most of the class got C's. And if I, with my haphazard understanding of the class material and admittedly confused state** in class, got the same grade as the smart alecks and people who actually understand this material at first glance, then I'm not doing too badly... right?
**I know. I usually need more time for it to percolate and perhaps to read it through a few more times - and usually I get it only after we'd discussed it in class; but at least I get it, right?
*They've been saying it for weeks; I just never got into it.