1 week down.....only 15 more till Christmas break !!!

This week has been filled with stories, I don't know where to begin. 

I have now experienced every class I will have this semester.  The verdict for the WORST CLASS is CONTRACTS !!!!!!  This is for several reasons....1)my professor talks SUPER fast & hard to follow. I'm talking by the time I can say Mississippi he has spoken a complete sentence.   2)He has like 50 different ways to phrase the same question, each way using vocab words that you have to stop and think about what the meaning is.  Oh and my list could go on....

 

But my other classes I'm enjoying so far.  In property we are going over personal jurisdiction.  I am familiar with the term, which has been helpful.  But there is so much more than I ever thought.  I really like the professor as well.  Civil Procedure is boring and dry to read, but I have a good professor so he makes it entertaining.  This was the class I got called in this past week.  Torts, I was really worried about but my professor is more modern in his teaching style.  We watch you tube videos during class.   And just yesterday he brought a bat to class for entertainment.   

 

I have two other classes, Academic Success and Lawyering Skills.  Academic Success is a non-credit class that is like extra practice.  We are assigned to study groups and meet twice a week.  At each meeting we practice briefing, exams, reading cases, etc.  Each week is a different topic.  Lawyering Skills is mainly legal writing.  The first half of the semester will be learning how to cite and research using the different sources. 

 

The school has an open door policy, so all the professors are always available.  Everyone is super nice & willing to help.  They also have alot of sources available to use, mainly electronic.  This past weekend I tried to get ahead and I've stayed two days ahead all week.  I think this has helped me keep my head on straight, honestly.  I haven't felt that pressure to have to read hundreds of pages a night. 

 

Briefing is coming.  I know what I'm doing, or so I think I do until we start to discuss it and I find out I totally missed an issue.  But they keep telling us that it can take anywhere from a semester to a year to really get the grist of what you are doing.  I think my main issue has been synthesized cases/rules.  We were told that after each section we complete we should go back and synthesize the cases and come up with one final rule, and to memorize that rule for the final.  We haven't completed a full section so I haven't tried to accomplish this.  It just sounds challenging at this point.  

 

I've really kept busy all week.  I leave my apartment around 8/8:30 and do not get home till 6 at night.  I get home eat, walk bogue, read/review class material & go to bed.  However, last night I went out to dinner and to get drinks with some girls.  Again, we went to market square; which is alot of fun.  

This morning, I had planned on taking Bogue to the gardens (a local park) but it has been raining.  Instead, I opted to start my reading for next week.  It literally takes me an hour to read, outline and brief like 10 pages.  Its so time consuming.   Hopefully in time, I get faster.  

All in all, I didn't have that bad of a week.  It went by pretty fast.  I have yet to put any pictures of my apartment up because its not complete.  I still need a few more wall hangings (i just haven't had time nor found anything I like).  I did finish putting together my new tv stand last night though.  That was a task!  It had a zillion screws and bolts.  But I will be sure to put some pictures up very soon.