Motivation

It’s interesting how law school can suck you in.  I think I’ve posted twice on this blog since the fall semester began, and ironically I’m posting now just before finals.  I told myself that I would maintain balance in my life during school and keep posting on gimme-five to allow myself to breathe.  Well, I’ve kept some balance but gimme-five has not received much attention.

Law School is very, very different from undergrad.  For one, there’s a CURVE.  The average grade for every class must be a B-.  Thus, you can look at things in two ways.  One: you are graded based on how well you do relative to everyone else.  This is the optimist or autonomy view.  Two: you are graded based on how well everyone else does compared to you.  This is the view of the out-of-control pessimist.  I need to stop thinking like the second.

But regardless of how you look at things, the competition is real.  Someone has already stolen a required book that my section needed during the semester for our legal writing class.  That was pretty lame.

But at the same time, it’s invigorating.  I prepare for class and feel like I’m on the edge of my seat every day.  Everyone is smart.  Everyone has a great work ethic.  It’s not like in undergrad when there are lots of people that are just trying to get by… everyone is trying to do well at school.

And in all honesty, even though a lot of people are competitive, there are lots of people that are really charitable.  Many people have tutored and been tutored by fellow classmates on concepts they didn’t understand.

Anyway, I’m going to bed.  I’m tired and need to keep preparing for finals.  I just wanted to post something.