life at sydney law....
I am taking a quickie from my books to post some updates. Firstly, I am an officially a law student. Wahoo after years of building sandcastles in the air, I am finally living the American dream, you know those kind of typical stories about poor disadvantaged people going against all odds and getting to law school and becoming the valedictorian and ending up in the big law firms litigating for those corporate bigwigs who will trade their mortal soul for cold hard cash. But the reality is it’s always easier said than done.
3 weeks into law school and boy am I turning into a cynical anal retard who just can’t tell the difference between Obiter Dicta and Ratio Decidendi. Which brings me to my next point? Why do judges ALWAYS beat around the bush and make unnecessary comments in a legal case? They know that their words have dominion and legal effect but still, the very fact that law students are taught to be concise and sharp is indeed a sharp contrast from what judges are supposed to be.
I guess this is how law school trains you. I have never been so humiliated at the prospect of asking really stupid and unintelligent questions just to get brownie points for participation. I guess it’s the desperation and the competitiveness of those around you that’s spurs you to do things you never imagine yourself ever capable to do. And that includes pages after pages of mundane and boring legal cases and journals and notes. One thing for sure, if one thing that law school has taught me so far, it has been the fine art of bullshitting..
I seriously wonder whether this double degree thing is really working out for the better. I want to be an accountant. I want to be a lawyer. Nope, accountant. Nope Lawyer.
I guess I have never been so torn in my life. It’s like Sophie choice, but the truth is that I am neither interested in law or accountancy. But we are living in a corporate driven environment no matter how much one can argue against the greater good of living for oneself and not selling out to the rat race, I want to provide for my parents in the future, I want to give my kids a good education, I want to be able to tithe more money in church, I want to live life in decent comfort. Truth of the matter is my life is pre destined by God and I know that he has a plan for me in the future.
Back to the books….
3 weeks into law school and boy am I turning into a cynical anal retard who just can’t tell the difference between Obiter Dicta and Ratio Decidendi. Which brings me to my next point? Why do judges ALWAYS beat around the bush and make unnecessary comments in a legal case? They know that their words have dominion and legal effect but still, the very fact that law students are taught to be concise and sharp is indeed a sharp contrast from what judges are supposed to be.
I guess this is how law school trains you. I have never been so humiliated at the prospect of asking really stupid and unintelligent questions just to get brownie points for participation. I guess it’s the desperation and the competitiveness of those around you that’s spurs you to do things you never imagine yourself ever capable to do. And that includes pages after pages of mundane and boring legal cases and journals and notes. One thing for sure, if one thing that law school has taught me so far, it has been the fine art of bullshitting..
I seriously wonder whether this double degree thing is really working out for the better. I want to be an accountant. I want to be a lawyer. Nope, accountant. Nope Lawyer.
I guess I have never been so torn in my life. It’s like Sophie choice, but the truth is that I am neither interested in law or accountancy. But we are living in a corporate driven environment no matter how much one can argue against the greater good of living for oneself and not selling out to the rat race, I want to provide for my parents in the future, I want to give my kids a good education, I want to be able to tithe more money in church, I want to live life in decent comfort. Truth of the matter is my life is pre destined by God and I know that he has a plan for me in the future.
Back to the books….
posted by theflyisneverdead at 3/29/2006 03:38:00 PM
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