Law School Sucks

Seriously

I can't drink myself to death fast enough

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Originally Posted by Strike For The South

Seriously

I can't drink myself to death fast enough

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If you think it's bad now, wait until you graduate.

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Originally Posted by TinCow

If you think it's bad now, wait until you graduate.

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Hence my first line.

I just want to get into oil and wear a cowboy hat with my suit. THATS IT

You just have to accept to learn a whole lot of things that doesn't make sense and that you will never use.

See, it's not about educating you.

It's about showing that you are one of those guys that are willing to lose some of your best years for a job, that makes you lose the rest of your best years for an eventual future where you possibly can have more money than the average guy laughing himself through life.

so deep bro

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Originally Posted by Strike For The South

I just want to get into oil and wear a cowboy hat with my suit. THATS IT

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Corporate counsel for an oil company is a worthy goal.

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Originally Posted by Strike For The South

so deep bro

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I'm glad you appreciated it :2thumbsup:

Now, do you have any other existential questions before you head to the shrink?

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Originally Posted by Kadagar_AV

I'm glad you appreciated it :2thumbsup:

Now, do you have any other existential questions before you head to the shrink?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9H3PfJH3bs

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Corporate counsel for an oil company is a worthy goal.

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Are you hitting on me? I don't mind, I rather enjoy it......I Just wanna know

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Originally Posted by Strike For The South

Seriously

I can't drink myself to death fast enough

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Get a ranch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwflHDxcV3w

I always liked this one...

. . . They come into these sacred halls of which you have
become the yearling priests. They stink of laity. They
must be cleansed, they must be quickly cleansed, or all of
us will be profaned. Gird up your loins, then, my
beloved, and descend into the pools; in each left hand a
pot of legal germicidal soap, each right fist brandishing a
foot-long brush of dialectic. Seize these new woolly
lambs and scrub them for the law . . .

— Karl Llewellyn
The Bramblebush (1930)

I thought about becoming an attorney, but then I realized that it was a lot of hard work and everyone I know who is an attorney has a life that is out of whack and they are on the verge of a nervous breakdown. And also, they hate their jobs. Also, I don't believe in personal debt.

If you don't like it, don't do it. Remember that you are studying for your future job. Do you really want to do something you don't want to do your whole life? Get out while you still can.

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Originally Posted by Kadagar_AV

You just have to accept to learn a whole lot of things that doesn't make sense and that you will never use.

See, it's not about educating you.

It's about showing that you are one of those guys that are willing to lose some of your best years for a job, that makes you lose the rest of your best years for an eventual future where you possibly can have more money than the average guy laughing himself through life.

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I don't know what shit college you went to. Glad I didn't go there.

Have fun being a bureaucrat for the rest of your life, Strike.

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Originally Posted by HoreTore

Have fun being a bureaucrat for the rest of your life, Strike.

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It can be kind of fun, particularly once you're entrenched in the system and can safely suckle off the teat of civilization for the rest of your life. A life which will likely be extended far beyond your peers as you use your excessive income to buy replacement organs from those who have to sell their own to pay their mortgage.

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It can be kind of fun, particularly once you're entrenched in the system and can safely suckle off the teat of civilization for the rest of your life. A life which will likely be extended far beyond your peers as you use your excessive income to buy replacement organs from those who have to sell their own to pay their mortgage.

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So what you're saying is that Strike will become Prometheus?

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Originally Posted by Strike For The South

Hence my first line.

I just want to get into oil and wear a cowboy hat with my suit. THATS IT

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Won't the oil ruin the suit?

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Originally Posted by Noncommunist

Won't the oil ruin the suit?

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Thanks for nothing!

Now I've got an image of Strike and his Stetson standing in a vat of olive oil smiling at me.

Errr.....

Excuse me, off to the washroom.

I get the impression that law school think SFTS suck.

All forms of educations suck. In the sense that for the most part it's not fun or interesting.

Young kids are forced to undergo education because it's for their own good and because they're too stupid to agree to be educated for their own good. They're generally grateful for it later, unless they've grown up to become stupid adults.

An adult undergoing education and hating it should wonder wether some other field would be better or more interesting. If yes, then switching or even dropping out is a legitimate choice. If not, he should suck it up.

This isn't meant to be patronising; I often wondered during my years at university wether it was worth it. Law school sucks everywhere.

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Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh

Now I've got an image of Strike and his Stetson standing in a vat of olive oil .

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And it ain't extra virgin but it is waiting to be squeezed... :smoking:

I like what I am studying. Fluid dynamics has been fun so far. I hate arguing, if a nice conversation starts becoming an argument I just stop talking or change the subject. Law school would drive me into constant anger followed by constant depression.

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Originally Posted by a completely inoffensive name

I hate arguing, if a nice conversation starts becoming an argument I just stop talking or change the subject. Law school would drive me into constant anger followed by constant depression.

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This is part of the problem: people view law school, and indeed the whole legal industry, as 'arguing' for a living. Many people (myself included) find this to be an appealing career, and thus go into law expecting it. The problem is that law school doesn't really involve much arguing, nor does most legal practice. Law school is, mainly, learning what the current law is and then parroting your professor's views back to him/her. There's not much involved in those three years where you get to make actual arguments to convince someone of anything. Certainly law school exams (basically your entire grade) and the Bar examination do not involve arguments. In addition, with the exception of trial lawyers, there's not a lot of arguing in actual legal practice either. It's largely research, document drafting, and negotiation. Certainly trial lawyers argue for a living, but most lawyers don't argue before a court ever, and even for most of those that do it's a rare situation. Thus, many people get into law thinking that the entire career is trial lawyers getting up and arguing before a judge and/or jury, just like on television. However, 90% of legal practice doesn't involve that. As such, many people get disillusioned with law because it's not what they expected it to be when they signed up for it.

If you don't like reading ass-tons of documents and writing ass-tons of legalese, you should avoid law like the plague. The reality is that that's what you're going to be doing with the vast majority of your time.

It should be noted that quite a few people go to law school with no intention of practicing law.

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Originally Posted by TinCow

This is part of the problem: people view law school, and indeed the whole legal industry, as 'arguing' for a living. Many people (myself included) find this to be an appealing career, and thus go into law expecting it. The problem is that law school doesn't really involve much arguing, nor does most legal practice. Law school is, mainly, learning what the current law is and then parroting your professor's views back to him/her. There's not much involved in those three years where you get to make actual arguments to convince someone of anything. Certainly law school exams (basically your entire grade) and the Bar examination do not involve arguments. In addition, with the exception of trial lawyers, there's not a lot of arguing in actual legal practice either. It's largely research, document drafting, and negotiation. Certainly trial lawyers argue for a living, but most lawyers don't argue before a court ever, and even for most of those that do it's a rare situation. Thus, many people get into law thinking that the entire career is trial lawyers getting up and arguing before a judge and/or jury, just like on television. However, 90% of legal practice doesn't involve that. As such, many people get disillusioned with law because it's not what they expected it to be when they signed up for it.

If you don't like reading ass-tons of documents and writing ass-tons of legalese, you should avoid law like the plague. The reality is that that's what you're going to be doing with the vast majority of your time.

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Hmm. I learn something new every day.

I had too much to drink last night.

Took the wrong girl home

Im sad.

Like actually sad

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Originally Posted by Strike For The South

I had too much to drink last night.

Took the wrong girl home

Im sad.

Like actually sad

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Were you forced to gnaw off your own arm rather than wake her?


Just kidding. I had a buddy who did just that in college. He felt -- and should have -- guilty for weeks. Do not mix serious drinking and sexual liaisons. Never a good recipe.

How does one go home with the wrong girl?

Something I never understood... was it that you were horny for a leg-over, then picked some one easy to get it out of the way, then you realised later it was totally foolish? Were you that drunk you were virtually blind?

H-------

Enjoy.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

http://youtu.be/5WVVOxzH1Kc

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Originally Posted by TinCow

This is part of the problem: people view law school, and indeed the whole legal industry, as 'arguing' for a living. Many people (myself included) find this to be an appealing career, and thus go into law expecting it. The problem is that law school doesn't really involve much arguing, nor does most legal practice. Law school is, mainly, learning what the current law is and then parroting your professor's views back to him/her. There's not much involved in those three years where you get to make actual arguments to convince someone of anything. Certainly law school exams (basically your entire grade) and the Bar examination do not involve arguments. In addition, with the exception of trial lawyers, there's not a lot of arguing in actual legal practice either. It's largely research, document drafting, and negotiation. Certainly trial lawyers argue for a living, but most lawyers don't argue before a court ever, and even for most of those that do it's a rare situation. Thus, many people get into law thinking that the entire career is trial lawyers getting up and arguing before a judge and/or jury, just like on television. However, 90% of legal practice doesn't involve that. As such, many people get disillusioned with law because it's not what they expected it to be when they signed up for it.

If you don't like reading ass-tons of documents and writing ass-tons of legalese, you should avoid law like the plague. The reality is that that's what you're going to be doing with the vast majority of your time.

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This is entirely correct and even for those doing trial, most of the arguing happens in writings.

No big shows in a court of law where you behave like a star.

No, you study a lot, then you write down your arguments. Then your opponent writes something back.

In fact, we do a lot of reading and a lot of writing. And our writings generate more writings. Endless piles of writings.


If you want to become a writer, go to law school...

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Originally Posted by Strike For The South

Honestly?

I have a ridiculous schoolboy crush on a girl because I am an ass. We've been spending a lot of time together, hooking up, the usual. So on Thursday we went to go see a movie and I didn't make a move. I have no idea why not, generally I'm pretty aggressive because I am an ass. I just didn't. So last night we went out with a whole group and she was being rather flirtatious (which is fine, she owes me nothing, I'm not mad about that) so in my (6 pitchers of beer and 2 bottles of wine) head I think I'll even the score.

I feel really bad because Girl #2 absolutely knows (she mentioned it). Hopefully she just wanted to have a bit of fun , but even then I know I would feel like shit had the roles been reversed.

Not to mention there is another dude vying for her affections and lets be honest I just want to take him out back and cave his head in, but I can't do that becuase of the whole lawyer thing.

So basically I am not handling my problems like an adult, think the stress is getting to me

On the bright side 7 out of 52 on my contracts midterm.

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Rule #1. Don't bang anyone in your section bro.

I suppose you are planning to drop out due to recent events, but I am just here to encourage you and tell you that there is more to life than just football. Good food is pretty awesome. Beer is nice. A lot of people swear by vagina and its healing properties. Anyway, you have a lot to live for blah blah blah

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Originally Posted by Andres

No, you study a lot, then you write down your arguments. Then your opponent writes something back.

In fact, we do a lot of reading and a lot of writing. And our writings generate more writings. Endless piles of writings.

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This feels rather familiar. Almost as if this sub-forum were devoted to that.

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Originally Posted by Strike For The South

Honestly?

I have a ridiculous schoolboy crush on a girl because I am an ass. We've been spending a lot of time together, hooking up, the usual. So on Thursday we went to go see a movie and I didn't make a move. I have no idea why not, generally I'm pretty aggressive because I am an ass. I just didn't. So last night we went out with a whole group and she was being rather flirtatious (which is fine, she owes me nothing, I'm not mad about that) so in my (6 pitchers of beer and 2 bottles of wine) head I think I'll even the score.

I feel really bad because Girl #2 absolutely knows (she mentioned it). Hopefully she just wanted to have a bit of fun , but even then I know I would feel like shit had the roles been reversed.

Not to mention there is another dude vying for her affections and lets be honest I just want to take him out back and cave his head in, but I can't do that becuase of the whole lawyer thing.

So basically I am not handling my problems like an adult, think the stress is getting to me

On the bright side 7 out of 52 on my contracts midterm.

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So you've been sleeping with her - but you're not exclusive, but you want to be?

Unless I've missed something or I'm not understanding your use of "hook up". Why not just, you know? Say something?

also: Meh - epic woman troubles - you never grow out of them.

THEY FOLLOW YOU!

Never try to understand women.

Women understand women, and they ****ing hate each other.