Recap on The First Week of School
First week of school is in the books, as always I have felt the same way every time school resumes. This time it is different there is actually a sparkle in my eyes, there is a sense of guidance and direction this time. There was direction at first but it was slowly fading as I struggled to keep a straight head, this sense of guidance it is now more inevitable.
With my engineering classes, well no surprises there same teachers new material nothing out of the ordinary. I been shaped to handle classes like these since starting on this curriculum I'm am confident that I will pass with flying colors.
As for the first day of my law class was as I ever pictured it so. The class was stadium sitting with about 30 students on the first day; this number was reduced to 23 on the second day. On the first day we discussed the difference between Civil (Roman) Law and Common Law, I already knew these terms since I had read this in my brothers business law book during the break, he opened the floor for discussion so I hesitated since it was all new to me. I wanted to speak as I heard everyone get picked on by the professor, but I held back. I figured I had the rest of the quarter to do so. I remember me writing in one of my entries about the O.J Simpson case in regards to being found not guilty in the criminal court and found guilty in the civil court. It just happened that the professor talked about that same case and said exactly what igots said in his comment about the standard of proof being lowered. I was glad to know what he was talking about since that gave me a greater sense of comfort.
My hesitation about speaking up quickly faded as the second day arrived, as he began the floor with open discussion about a dollar bill, which he obviously had planed from the very beginning, this exercise was to convey the reasoning behind the law, why do we need it and why is written the way it is. The exercise was quickly modified as soon as the prof. didn’t see the expected outcome. He changed it so and said that what if everyone pitched in 100 dollars, and then everyone in the class had to decide who should get it. He began by asking a solution to this, and I thought I knew the right answer as my heart pounded to speak up I finally got the courage to raise my hand, as my mouth opened to answer the question the pounding quickly stopped and I began to narrate my solution for this problem. Obviously everyone in the whole room was bias and anyone was willing to lie or challenge anyone on their own personal terms. The rule was that the person that is solely qualified to get it is the one who is in most need. Now who was the one who was going to adjudicate every possible circumstance to label that individual as the most needed one. Well it was impossible since everyone in the room was bias. Therefore we had to bring an outside source, he then conveyed this whole exercise to the constitution and how it was written by our founding fathers to portray guidelines for us all to follow.
Law school application status: Let’s see I finally received word that my second letter of reference is almost ready, I probably need to start on my personal statement but I do still have time. I’m still waiting for February so the LSADS can come up with new forms for the year 2006. Everything is going as planned so no surprises. Graduation is almost here and I am excited about getting out of this school so I can pursue my other prospective.
With my engineering classes, well no surprises there same teachers new material nothing out of the ordinary. I been shaped to handle classes like these since starting on this curriculum I'm am confident that I will pass with flying colors.
As for the first day of my law class was as I ever pictured it so. The class was stadium sitting with about 30 students on the first day; this number was reduced to 23 on the second day. On the first day we discussed the difference between Civil (Roman) Law and Common Law, I already knew these terms since I had read this in my brothers business law book during the break, he opened the floor for discussion so I hesitated since it was all new to me. I wanted to speak as I heard everyone get picked on by the professor, but I held back. I figured I had the rest of the quarter to do so. I remember me writing in one of my entries about the O.J Simpson case in regards to being found not guilty in the criminal court and found guilty in the civil court. It just happened that the professor talked about that same case and said exactly what igots said in his comment about the standard of proof being lowered. I was glad to know what he was talking about since that gave me a greater sense of comfort.
My hesitation about speaking up quickly faded as the second day arrived, as he began the floor with open discussion about a dollar bill, which he obviously had planed from the very beginning, this exercise was to convey the reasoning behind the law, why do we need it and why is written the way it is. The exercise was quickly modified as soon as the prof. didn’t see the expected outcome. He changed it so and said that what if everyone pitched in 100 dollars, and then everyone in the class had to decide who should get it. He began by asking a solution to this, and I thought I knew the right answer as my heart pounded to speak up I finally got the courage to raise my hand, as my mouth opened to answer the question the pounding quickly stopped and I began to narrate my solution for this problem. Obviously everyone in the whole room was bias and anyone was willing to lie or challenge anyone on their own personal terms. The rule was that the person that is solely qualified to get it is the one who is in most need. Now who was the one who was going to adjudicate every possible circumstance to label that individual as the most needed one. Well it was impossible since everyone in the room was bias. Therefore we had to bring an outside source, he then conveyed this whole exercise to the constitution and how it was written by our founding fathers to portray guidelines for us all to follow.
Law school application status: Let’s see I finally received word that my second letter of reference is almost ready, I probably need to start on my personal statement but I do still have time. I’m still waiting for February so the LSADS can come up with new forms for the year 2006. Everything is going as planned so no surprises. Graduation is almost here and I am excited about getting out of this school so I can pursue my other prospective.
written by Mr. Vasquez at 12:01 p. m.
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If you end up going to law school, there is a lot of repeat knowledge so you'll hear the same things over and over again, often in different classes.
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