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four years of college, changed majors a few times, dropped out to go work, ended up in the Silicon Valley boom for a while, went back ten years later and finished a BA in Economics, minor in Linguistics.
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In the best of times, our days are numbered, anyway. And it would be a crime against Nature for any generation to take the world crisis so solemnly that it put off enjoying those things for which we were presumably designed in the first place, and which the gravest statesmen and the hoarsest politicians hope to make available to all men in the end: I mean the opportunity to do good work, to fall in love, to enjoy friends, to sit under trees, to read, to hit a ball and bounce the baby. -
Im a smart guy - I struggle with focus. I was a terrible college student. I never learned how to study. In high school I could learn through osmosis - sleep on the book and get enough to pass the class. Got to college and had to read the books they were using - yeah I was sunk. I ended up going to a Tech School getting a "Banking" certification and placed in a job. I have parlayed that job into where I am today, a Compliance Officer with a small broker dealer.
Ive worked hard to get to where I am - and as I think about it - it is something I should be proud of.
Well back to email review....It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws we have seen in recent years and we must stop it.
Bill Clinton 1995, State of the Union Address
"When they go low - we go High" great motto - too bad it was a sack of bullshit. DNC election mantraComment
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Yeah, but if you try to slide by, will it hurt your preparedness for the Bar? I have a couple of lawyer friends, and I get the impression that the Bar Exam is very tough. I'd imagine those that take the easiest path to the JD aren't all that successful at passing the bar.Originally posted by B-Fly View PostComment
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Honestly, I feel like I learned very little in law school as far as passing the Bar is concerned. General concepts for sure, but the real cramming for the Bar was from graduation up until the Bar exam. I can remember going over the material and thinking that I had not learned that much of this stuff during actual law school. From my perspective, law school is more about thinking in a different way, but not the specific material that will appear in Bar Exam questions.Originally posted by Sour Masher View Post
And yes, B.A. and then J.D. So call me Dr. Umjewman.Comment
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Yep. Most people cram a Bar Exam review course into the months between law school graduation and the Exam administration. Some law schools make Bar Exam preparation a curriculum objective, but most of the top schools don't. They want to teach you "how to think/reason" - study for the Bar Exam on your own.Originally posted by umjewman View PostComment
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the thing to remember is that every dumb ass lawyer you know has passed the bar!Originally posted by Sour Masher View Post"You know what's wrong with America? If I lovingly tongue a woman's nipple in a movie, it gets an "NC-17" rating, if I chop it off with a machete, it's an "R". That's what's wrong with America, man...."--Dennis Hopper
"One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real." -- Klaus KinskiComment
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I have a BA in "Asian Industrial Systems" which is what you major in at Berkeley when you don't have a 3.0 in the core econ and math classes needed to be an Econ major, and your parents tell you that they won't pay for you to get a History degree.
I'm 6 units and a thesis away from a Masters in History, the joke is that I'm waiting for my oldest son to start his Masters, then it will be a race."You know what's wrong with America? If I lovingly tongue a woman's nipple in a movie, it gets an "NC-17" rating, if I chop it off with a machete, it's an "R". That's what's wrong with America, man...."--Dennis Hopper
"One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real." -- Klaus KinskiComment
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That was one of the things they told us in Bar Exam prep.Originally posted by Fresno Bob View PostComment
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Masters in Education, Springfield (MA) CollegeComment
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I was reading at an 11th grade level in 3rd grade and was equally good at math, so in retrospect I could have Doogie Howser'd it.
in high school, my twin and I used to work hard at averaging 89.7 each semester or so to avoid the dreaded "National Honor Society" designation that made you a dork (!).
my college work was no more difficult than my Catholic HS work, but again I was in no hurry to "go out into the real world." age 14-21 in particular was a blast, I got my BA in Communications, my brother got an accounting degree, and it all worked out for both of us.
my parents grew up in The Great Depression in the NYC area as children of Irish immigrants. their first kid was the first in the family ever to go to college and, well, he was a dork. so he went to Fordham Prep in The Bronx and learned Greek and Latin, then went to Columbia and got an undergrad degree and a masters in Library Science. he's STILL there, almost 50 years later.
he's a great brother (more than 10 years older than us), but he didn't play sports or chase skirts or sneak a 6-pack out of the back of a store. his loss!finished 10th in this 37th yr in 11-team-only NL 5x5
own picks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 in April 2022 1st-rd farmhand draft
won in 2017 15 07 05 04 02 93 90 84
SP SGray 16, TWalker 10, AWood 10, Price 3, KH Kim 2, Corbin 10
RP Bednar 10, Bender 10, Graterol 2
C Stallings 2, Casali 1
1B Votto 10, 3B ERios 2, 1B Zimmerman 2, 2S Chisholm 5, 2B Hoerner 5, 2B Solano 2, 2B LGarcia 10, SS Gregorius 17
OF Cain 14, Bader 1, Daza 1Comment
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