Our school has a mandatory 1L lecture series. Today’s lecturers discussed stress and stress related issues:
Speaker 1: “Don’t forget you have a life. Do not use the word “allegedly” when asked if you took out the trash. And do not take your books to Chipotle and read them in line. Have you guys seen that? Yeah? Well it’s sad.”
Speaker 1: “The second year is better. I know you hear it all the time and think “LIAR!” but it’s true. If it wasn’t better then the attrition rate would be 98%. Your second year sucks for a whole different set of reasons.”
Speaker 2: “About 10% of lawyers have alcohol abuse problems. In this room, I’d say that’s the first two rows. Sorry, I’m sure you’re great but you’re drunks. You go to a great school but you’re not that special – you’re not going to buck the statistics.”
2 Comments
rebecca
October 25, 2008 at 9:47 amI think that school administrators tell us to have a “life” just to rub it in that we can’t. The whole balance lecture we get constantly is B.S. we barely have time to keep up with the reading much less master the material. On top of that they expect us to shower, eat and take out the trash!!! It’s just sadistic and pushes people over the edge when the don’t understand why they can’t have a life and be at the top. Or maybe I’m just a drunk I don’t know?
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