So, I got here, had trouble settling in and writing out approaches but finally found my groove...
Went to dinner with an acquaintance who is also taking the bar. Relaxed, talked about other things, all was good.
Got back here and had a small problem settling in, but got back to it pretty quickly. Once I started having issues with hand cramps and wanting to turn on the TV, I went down to the hotel bar and ordered a glass of wine and sipped slowly while writing out approaches. Discussed the establishment and free exercise clauses as well as the relative hardships of the bar exam vs. the series seven exam with drunk guy and his friend, then continued writing approaches.
Got through all approaches with about 85-90% accuracy without looking at my master ones. Felt good about that, and still feel good about the rainbow on the way here. Not sure why.
Now I am going to read my newest issue of Bon Appetit and Eating Well and enjoy some banal television... in the morning I will again listen to my super soothing nice lady who tells me how smart and amazing I am. Seriously, someone posted it on the Cal Bar Repeaters group and this lady is so soothing- I LOVE HER. No, really- I want to have this lady in my life every day I ever have to go into court. She's so nice. She's so soothing. She's so positive.... I wish I had her all through the FIRST bar prep. I woulda passed the first time with this lady, dammit.
Anyway, not focusing on the negative... we are focusing on the positive. I am actually happy to go tomorrow and take the test. I know that sounds weird and twisted, but I'm kind of excited, like I know this is my last chance to show the examiners what I know, so I just want to get to it already.
Ahhhh...... I don't know what happened to me this time, but the bar is so much nicer and better this time. (Geez, I must sound like I'm on crack or something...)
I'll post tomorrow and we'll see if my calm continues.
Showing posts with label bar prep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bar prep. Show all posts
Monday, February 23, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Torts...
I have now done everything that has a good score for the last five years for torts....
Too tired to type anymore... will update checklist later....
Too tired to type anymore... will update checklist later....
Thursday, January 22, 2009
List...
OK, so I made a nice little list to keep me on track.... As time goes by, items will get checked off and I will be able to see concrete improvement as we get closer....
Also, I will post my breakdown of each topic in order to solidify them in my little mush brain and for your reading pleasure....
Also, I will post my breakdown of each topic in order to solidify them in my little mush brain and for your reading pleasure....
PTs...
I hate PTs. They are stupid. I can get to the point of having all the file read and blocked out, and then I completely lose interest.... I really, really don't care if the fictional guy gets to exercise his stock options after quitting and going to work for a competitor fictional company. I'm not going to get to draft the summary judgment motion in that case, so it holds no excitement for me...
I'm just sayin'.
That being said... I know I have to get my concentration back so on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon I am not so bored I want to poke my highlighter in my eye rather than write what the examiners want to see, so I am plugging away. If I could just get done with the damn thing, I could use the nice 80 point answer on baressays to check my work and see how close I came to a failing score. ;)
Than I can go back to torts.... hmmm... a defamatory statement, of or concerning plaintiff, publication and damages... memorizing is much more concrete and therefore easier for me to sink my teeth into.
It'll get better... it has to, right?
I'm just sayin'.
That being said... I know I have to get my concentration back so on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon I am not so bored I want to poke my highlighter in my eye rather than write what the examiners want to see, so I am plugging away. If I could just get done with the damn thing, I could use the nice 80 point answer on baressays to check my work and see how close I came to a failing score. ;)
Than I can go back to torts.... hmmm... a defamatory statement, of or concerning plaintiff, publication and damages... memorizing is much more concrete and therefore easier for me to sink my teeth into.
It'll get better... it has to, right?
Monday, June 16, 2008
Hilarious...
Have you heard about the girl fight over a seat in Barbri? Brings me back to the super mature days of first year law school... I seem to remember someone asking me if I wanted to go out in the hall when I asked them to stop talking while I was briefing... hmmm, I think my 30's is too old to be going to the principal for getting in fights in school, but thanks anyway.
Here's the story, if you want to entertain yourself.
In my community property class, you would spend three hours with no outlet for your laptop if you were not sufficiently early to class. Did that mean I got all weird with people in my class? Hell, no. It's JUST class, for crying out loud.
And it's JUST Barbri, people. And, come on, if anyone should be well-acquainted with the consequences of not passing, it's me, and it's STILL not worth acting that way. You will not pass or fail the bar based on your seat in Barbri, even if you end up on the floor for lack of seats, like the first week of evidence at my school. (Wow, we had a lot of issues with classrooms when I was in law school.)
It's JUST THE BAR EXAM. I know it's tough, I know it's scary, believe me, I know there are all kinds of things riding on it, but you can't use it as an excuse to abandon your dignity and grace.
Sheesh.
Here's the story, if you want to entertain yourself.
In my community property class, you would spend three hours with no outlet for your laptop if you were not sufficiently early to class. Did that mean I got all weird with people in my class? Hell, no. It's JUST class, for crying out loud.
And it's JUST Barbri, people. And, come on, if anyone should be well-acquainted with the consequences of not passing, it's me, and it's STILL not worth acting that way. You will not pass or fail the bar based on your seat in Barbri, even if you end up on the floor for lack of seats, like the first week of evidence at my school. (Wow, we had a lot of issues with classrooms when I was in law school.)
It's JUST THE BAR EXAM. I know it's tough, I know it's scary, believe me, I know there are all kinds of things riding on it, but you can't use it as an excuse to abandon your dignity and grace.
Sheesh.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Mush...
Went to class all day...
brain is now mush.
Did okay for the morning, but I didn't eat anything at the lunch break, so after two hours of Con Law and Property in the afternoon, I was dizzy and couldn't see straight. Can I just say how much I despise Con Law? It's not even that it's THAT hard, it just brings back memories of the teacher I hated and the contentious arrogant people who were in my class... that was just a horrible year of class.
So now, I suck at Con Law as a result.
Property, on the other hand, I loved, but the lecture consisted of going over a really, really difficult real covenants and equitable servitudes question that makes my brain turn in circles.
But I did learn a few things, such as how I need to address my inadequacies at the more linear subjects like contracts. I'm going to do my own timeline, plugging in where every single little rule and doctrine goes, so when I get an essay, I have the visual breakdown, in order, in my head. My problem on organization is that I know the rules, but it doesn't seem like it, because I tend to say each rule as they come to me, not necessarily in the order they are supposed to go, as in, UCC 2-207 goes under acceptance, not interpretation of the contract terms.
I'm sure this is nothing new, and I could probably find some kind of study aid that does this for me, but the act of doing it and synthesizing the issues is the important part for me. That's how I learn it.
Oh, and I got my essays back from the February debacle, and I started reading them, and I just didn't get what was so bad about my torts essay. Seemed like I covered the issues, and in the proper order. I think I just lost holistic points because my language is not strong enough. I like to say "likely" and "may" and "could" instead of "will" and "is".
Ironically, I do the best on the subjects I know the least, like crim pro and trusts and wills. Trusts I did not study at all, except for checking the duties of a trustee five minutes before I walked to the testing center Thursday morning in February, and I did well on that essay. Same for crim pro, although I did actually study that (for MBEs, mainly.)
Not sure what that means. That's been true for me all through law school. I think if I just have a few rules, I tend to simply apply them in straightforward, clear language without making it more complicated and doing what I think I'm *supposed* to do, whatever that is. Sigh. Apparently more knowledge is dangerous for me.
brain is now mush.
Did okay for the morning, but I didn't eat anything at the lunch break, so after two hours of Con Law and Property in the afternoon, I was dizzy and couldn't see straight. Can I just say how much I despise Con Law? It's not even that it's THAT hard, it just brings back memories of the teacher I hated and the contentious arrogant people who were in my class... that was just a horrible year of class.
So now, I suck at Con Law as a result.
Property, on the other hand, I loved, but the lecture consisted of going over a really, really difficult real covenants and equitable servitudes question that makes my brain turn in circles.
But I did learn a few things, such as how I need to address my inadequacies at the more linear subjects like contracts. I'm going to do my own timeline, plugging in where every single little rule and doctrine goes, so when I get an essay, I have the visual breakdown, in order, in my head. My problem on organization is that I know the rules, but it doesn't seem like it, because I tend to say each rule as they come to me, not necessarily in the order they are supposed to go, as in, UCC 2-207 goes under acceptance, not interpretation of the contract terms.
I'm sure this is nothing new, and I could probably find some kind of study aid that does this for me, but the act of doing it and synthesizing the issues is the important part for me. That's how I learn it.
Oh, and I got my essays back from the February debacle, and I started reading them, and I just didn't get what was so bad about my torts essay. Seemed like I covered the issues, and in the proper order. I think I just lost holistic points because my language is not strong enough. I like to say "likely" and "may" and "could" instead of "will" and "is".
Ironically, I do the best on the subjects I know the least, like crim pro and trusts and wills. Trusts I did not study at all, except for checking the duties of a trustee five minutes before I walked to the testing center Thursday morning in February, and I did well on that essay. Same for crim pro, although I did actually study that (for MBEs, mainly.)
Not sure what that means. That's been true for me all through law school. I think if I just have a few rules, I tend to simply apply them in straightforward, clear language without making it more complicated and doing what I think I'm *supposed* to do, whatever that is. Sigh. Apparently more knowledge is dangerous for me.
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