cathartic musings
here's a sign you have no interest in the legal profession: today i saw a mailman walking his route and immediately thought "hm, that job pays decently, has good benefits, and at least you get exercise outdoors"
okay, i apologize to all of you kids out there working on your case note, or reading this while trying to stay awake in ADR - it wont make you giggle, and it may not even keep your attention.
who am i kidding - im hilarious and insightful, and you cant wait to see what i have to say. plus, most of you will probably agree with what i have to say.
law school is lame. we dont really learn the status quo of the law or how to be attorneys until we do "real world" work. i say "real world" because i get this strange sense that most practicing attorneys are no more a part of the real world than us lowly law students.
how many of us came to law school because we were tired of the job we were working, or because we didnt want to try to get a real job (either b/c we wanted to delay the onset of adulthood, or because we felt underqualified)?
this whole process seems like such a waste of time and money. certainly there is a better way to indoctrinate us, right? i mean, how much of what you learned last fall can you confidently speak about now? if youre like me, this number is near zero. sure i learned some things, but most of them are not readily recalled.
this is okay though, because i dont really have any interest in "practicing" law in the strict sense of the word. you law school gunners (who have numerous times accused me of being one) enjoy your journey...as i have said from day 1, regardless of my grades, i have no interest in that path. if my grades had stayed where they were after first semester, id be with the rest of these lapdogs and kissasses lining up to be taken advantage of for a hefty price at jones-day or yourmom-mydad. i would have worked these jobs solely for the money, and only long enough to get my student loans paid off and to build some working capital.
[i guess it's a good thing im a fraud and an incredible liar, or i dont know how id pull off these interviews and convince them im somehow interested in what they do]
what am i driving at? nothing at all...just rambling, as usual. it does, however, irritate me that our career services office really only caters to the top 25% (of which i may or may not be a part), and mostly the top 15% or so, in an effort to boost SMU's stats relative to other texas schools. why dont we have a partnership with the cox mba program to share job postings and info between the schools? youre telling me mba students wouldnt potentially be interested in [or valuable to] some of the people who post jobs, and vice-versa? why is this a problem?
what about law students like me who just really dont want to go the traditional route? why are we almost forced down that road without sufficient knowledge or viable options provided?
am i taking crazy pills here? (the answer is yes)
here's what i will leave as a parting nugget. it is my understanding that a good number of attorneys get sucked into the path because of the money, and once they get in and accustomed to that paycheck, they cannot get out, despite being incredibly bored or depressed. take some risks, put your neck out there, and dont settle.
dear god, that was too serious. someone punch me in the throat or give me a bas rutten groinkick
...lets all thank Thomas for sharing...
"Thank you, Thomas."
(if you didn't get that, I'm not sure I want you reading my blog. But you should pick up (download) a copy (of a copy, of a copy...) of Fight Club)
In all seriousness (I giggle everytime I say that on this blog...) Bruce, I hope you feel better now. I thought coming home to Shifta would rejuvenate you. But it sounds like you're still wrestling with that blanket.. in this sea of discontent... Bruce Dickinson says he's bored with life in the district....
I blacked out--
Anyway. I wouldn't even attempt law school. That's most likely just a plumley aftershave balm facesaver, because my grades would never enable me to choose that particular hell. But on the other hand, maybe I'm just too cool to go to law school... I hear the poon is for shit
there's poon in law school?
Where there's women... there's play
...the "any port in a storm" corollary?
okay, i apologize to all of you kids out there working on your case note, or reading this while trying to stay awake in ADR - it wont make you giggle, and it may not even keep your attention.
who am i kidding - im hilarious and insightful, and you cant wait to see what i have to say. plus, most of you will probably agree with what i have to say.
law school is lame. we dont really learn the status quo of the law or how to be attorneys until we do "real world" work. i say "real world" because i get this strange sense that most practicing attorneys are no more a part of the real world than us lowly law students.
how many of us came to law school because we were tired of the job we were working, or because we didnt want to try to get a real job (either b/c we wanted to delay the onset of adulthood, or because we felt underqualified)?
this whole process seems like such a waste of time and money. certainly there is a better way to indoctrinate us, right? i mean, how much of what you learned last fall can you confidently speak about now? if youre like me, this number is near zero. sure i learned some things, but most of them are not readily recalled.
this is okay though, because i dont really have any interest in "practicing" law in the strict sense of the word. you law school gunners (who have numerous times accused me of being one) enjoy your journey...as i have said from day 1, regardless of my grades, i have no interest in that path. if my grades had stayed where they were after first semester, id be with the rest of these lapdogs and kissasses lining up to be taken advantage of for a hefty price at jones-day or yourmom-mydad. i would have worked these jobs solely for the money, and only long enough to get my student loans paid off and to build some working capital.
[i guess it's a good thing im a fraud and an incredible liar, or i dont know how id pull off these interviews and convince them im somehow interested in what they do]
what am i driving at? nothing at all...just rambling, as usual. it does, however, irritate me that our career services office really only caters to the top 25% (of which i may or may not be a part), and mostly the top 15% or so, in an effort to boost SMU's stats relative to other texas schools. why dont we have a partnership with the cox mba program to share job postings and info between the schools? youre telling me mba students wouldnt potentially be interested in [or valuable to] some of the people who post jobs, and vice-versa? why is this a problem?
what about law students like me who just really dont want to go the traditional route? why are we almost forced down that road without sufficient knowledge or viable options provided?
am i taking crazy pills here? (the answer is yes)
here's what i will leave as a parting nugget. it is my understanding that a good number of attorneys get sucked into the path because of the money, and once they get in and accustomed to that paycheck, they cannot get out, despite being incredibly bored or depressed. take some risks, put your neck out there, and dont settle.
dear god, that was too serious. someone punch me in the throat or give me a bas rutten groinkick
...lets all thank Thomas for sharing...
"Thank you, Thomas."
(if you didn't get that, I'm not sure I want you reading my blog. But you should pick up (download) a copy (of a copy, of a copy...) of Fight Club)
In all seriousness (I giggle everytime I say that on this blog...) Bruce, I hope you feel better now. I thought coming home to Shifta would rejuvenate you. But it sounds like you're still wrestling with that blanket.. in this sea of discontent... Bruce Dickinson says he's bored with life in the district....
I blacked out--
Anyway. I wouldn't even attempt law school. That's most likely just a plumley aftershave balm facesaver, because my grades would never enable me to choose that particular hell. But on the other hand, maybe I'm just too cool to go to law school... I hear the poon is for shit
there's poon in law school?
Where there's women... there's play
...the "any port in a storm" corollary?
posted by bruce dickinson at 10/03/2006 10:02:00 PM
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I've seen some rough ports... but then again I've been out to sea a long time...
they call them rogues
they travel fast and alone
on hundred foot faces of God's good ocean gone wrong
Well that is some Brand New Shifta if I've ever heard it...
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