Law school discussion. Memba that site? Well, there is (as always) an active gunner thread. Here is the first post:
PSA: How to Avoid Being “That” Guy by Another Chicago 1L
You shouldn’t:
1. Raise your hand more than once per class period. I know the rule sounds harsh, but, when you have 90 others and a professor with a plan, there’s no need for your novice input.
Most of the LR people at my school, I’ve been told, were quiet in class.
2. Approach anyone at the library and begin a long conversation. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been sitting at a desk, trying to work, when someone comes over to me like they’re ready to shoot the breeze for an hour. The library isn’t a social scene. It’s a library. Acknowledgements should be as limited as a funeral’s.
3. Speak in publishable sentences. Some people think that law school gives them license to throw out clunkers like “egregious recourse to deregulation.” Guess what? Nobody thinks that you’re intelligent because you can string together polysyllabic words.
4. Talk about how much or how little work you’re doing. Please, please, please don’t do this. Someone bragged to me about how they’re working at least 8 hours a day, if not more. Oh, really? Well, none of the rest of us are studying at all, so that makes you very special. Conversely, talking about your slacker tendencies is okay, but not as good as talking about something else.