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You will become trapeze artists…

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Today in family law Professor W told us what we already suspected:
Professor W: “The correlation between divorce grounds and the rate of divorce is weak. Sort of like the correlation between doing well in law school and doing well in practice… […]
…of course most of you won’t practice. You will become politicians. This is a good generalist education. That’s the only way we can justify graduating so many of you. You will become great actors and actresses, singers and trapeze artists…”

8 Comments

  • Laura
    March 22, 2010 at 2:47 pm

    I Prof. W. for the number of times she’s said stuff like that and totally made my day!

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    • Laura
      March 22, 2010 at 2:48 pm

      hmmm…your blog thought I was trying to code html. hah. That should say:

      I [heart] Prof. W. for the number of times she’s said stuff like that and totally made my day!

      Reply
      • Jansen
        March 22, 2010 at 11:28 pm

        She’s hilarious and old enough to be outrageous without caring about the consequences.

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  • Anon
    March 23, 2010 at 5:30 pm

    I wish I had run into Prof. W before I started paying tuition…she would have given it to me straight.

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    • Jansen
      March 24, 2010 at 1:43 pm

      It’s easy to say this after they have your tuition.

      Reply
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    April 5, 2015 at 8:07 pm

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    April 11, 2015 at 11:28 am

    […] Professor W then writes the word “SKANKY” on the blackboard. […]

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    March 24, 2016 at 9:03 pm

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