Well, grades are in, and if there's anything to determined by them, it's that I am terrible at law school and shouldn't be here. And also that I'm great at law school and absolutely should be here. And also that I'm okay at law school. Spoiler alert: I'm going to list my grades.
As predicted, my Torts exam did not go too well. I blame myself for not reacting quite as well as the rest of my classmates to the seeming randomness of the exam. Clearly I missed something very important. Whoops. "C"
I am placated that no amount of studying would have prepared me to react to that exam other than in the way that I did. Don't worry, my self-esteem is still ragingly high.
For the record, the only other "C" I ever got was a in class on Information Technology. I was equally passive aggressive and snarky on that exam and so I should have expected this. I did like my Torts professor significantly more than I liked my IT professor, though.
My Contracts grade was, I felt, the most predictable. "B+"
Yay. I don't suck at something. Thanks, morale booster.
I could not have predicted my Civil Procedure grade. This is the one I care most about because it applies to almost every type of law that one could practice. "A-"
Yay. I not only don't suck at something, I actually might be good at it.
Legal Research and Writing is a year-long course so I get no grade in it.
Overall GPA: 3.0
The lowest GPA I've ever had, and yet, I'm hoping, also the lowest I will ever have. I think that as long as I avoid stepping on another landmine like that Torts exam I should be fine.
Apart from that I'm having a great week.
Wonderful nephew, congratulations!. Success and happiness are two different things, but one thing they have in common is that both are virtually immune to the difference between a 3.0 or a 4.0. Slight occasional humbling is good for the extremely self-confident soul ... I speak from experience :)
ReplyDeleteYay! You get to stay in law school!!! You rock at Civil Procedure!
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure that's a rockstar GPA for the first semester of law school, so your ego has permission to rage on. =)
ReplyDeleteUnlike the above lovelies, I think you're a failure. Especially at torts. But if I've learned one thing in graduate school, it's that the real question in law school is: Are you a bigger failure than your peers?
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