Babbling
The thing I like the most about school is the realization of and introduction into a vast world of knowledge that I never knew existed.
Take law, for instance, since that is what I’m studying right now. Yeah, we all know what a television court room look like. We’ve (hopefully) heard of the constitution, statute of limitations, and due process. We know that it’s a complicated field and a lot of lawyers are douches who get bad guys off on charges they should have been found guilty on. But the fact is, that stuff must seriously be like 2% of what really happens in the legal system. That other 98% is absolutely mind boggling. It’s exciting.
My siblings think I’m a weirdo because I have always loved school. Sure, I’ve had teachers I’ve hated and classes I didn’t enjoy, but in general, I’ve enjoyed it. The studying, cramming, 20-paged papers, research projects- all of it has managed to expand and improve my way of thinking somehow. To me, knowledge is power.
After months of law classes, I feel like I am *finally * starting to get what I’m supposed to be learning. I passed the last semester without too much of a hitch, but I felt like I was swimming through murky waters. Now I’m starting to figure out the process of what to do when your client is slapped with a lawsuit, how to figure out which laws apply, and how to determine whether or not it’s a case that has a chance. I’ve finally figured out where the hell to look when my teacher shouts out, “Court rule 15 says so!” It all seems so simple when you see it on the big screen, but it’s nothing like that in real life.
And in the meantime, I have say that I am very relieved that I have not yet in my life had to deal with either end of lawsuit personally. Holy shit. Just try to stay out of trouble, okay? Avoiding a legal issue is much easier than actually dealing with it in most cases.
Current Mood:
Cool