Friday, August 18, 2006

Did Socrates have a good personality?

Our first week is over! His and I are just sitting here doing some light reading. His-contracts, me Property. And I think I've discovered a pattern: the best time for blogging is when I'm procrastinating on property. Blah, so boring.
Anway, orientation was great. We actually learned a lot. But I couldn't help but think that the faculty was encouraged to take it easy on us. Nobody yelled, nobody cried and when someone would say something really, really wrong the professors would just reply "well, that's not quite right, but that shows a good thought process. I'm starting to think that a "good thought process" is law school's way of saying you have a "good personality".
The classes were really helpful. Its always nice to get that first Socratic moment out of the way. I can formulate what I think is an intelligent thought in my mind, but as soon as I here my name called, I go blank. Its like I have to teach myself to talk all over again. And I'm not necessarily a shy person, nor do I tend to have many trepidation about public speaking. But this is law school and I'm suppose to be a nervous wreck.
I blame the media, and the internets. (And the two are different, because blogs don't have editors, or something.) Seriously, they can get you so worked up and anxious about the Socratic method you don't know which way is up. But I've become more familiar with it this week and even volunteered a few times. Which is great, but come Monday I'll be wishing that they would just say "no, but that does show a good thought process".

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Since when have you ever been hesitant to speak your mind or have an opinion?

And of course you have a great personality - just like your mom