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So this Sat, I woke up at 8AM (that’s early for a Sat) volunteered at the Legal Clinic after like a month of disappearance due to APs and whatnot. It felt really good to be back in action, listening to woeful stories about vile employers’ mistreatment of workers and proceeding to take some legal actions against these base and inhumane activities. But then there was one client who just had to ruin my Saturday. The first question she asked me when I sat down with her was “do you know about the WARN Act?” I shook my head because even though I think it has something to do with mass layoffs and employers’ obligations to pay wages up to 60 days or something like that (and it was something like that…see, I do remember stuff from law classes), I didn’t want to say “yes” and get it wrong and look like an idiot. Then the woman proceeded to ask me “are you a lawyer?” I said “nope, I am a high school student.” I could just see the disappointment on her face. See, normally, I would have felt bad about disappointing someone, but she was just so condescending in her attitude, like the way she asked those two questions, in the tone of “I know more than you do, so I don’t appreciate you taking time of your Saturday and volunteering to help those who need legal advice since well, you know, you are not a lawyer and you don’t know anything.” Well, first off, it’s a FREE legal clinic!!! We only have one supervising lawyer and the rest of the staff consists of volunteers, which means they work for FREE! They are usually law students. AND AND AND her case had NOTHING to do with the WARN act!!!! She was inquiring about workers comp!!! AND AND AND if she had read the flyer we have, she would have known that we don’t offer services for workers comp since it’s such an intricate subject. So I just referred her to the SF Bar Association, which will refer her to a workers comp lawyer. I just wish she was more appreciative of the services we do offer.
Then after I got out of the clinic around 1PM, I went to Chinatown with my mother. We bought all the pendants for necklaces as gifts for teachers and whatnot. I had boba, and I was happy!!!
Then around 8PM, I went to a promotion for a summer leadership conference. I was supposed to be giving a speech about leadership and its meanings and my experience as a senior. All the speakers and camp workers showed up but no students. I really wished they did a better job advertising it, but hey, it’s their first year and there’s limited budget and time, so it’s all good. We just had pizza and ice cream and talked about how to make the camp experience better and how to recruit students.
I came home around 11:30 PM, called Azziz up, talked for a while, then went to sleep.
I did absolutely no homework.
Then after I got out of the clinic around 1PM, I went to Chinatown with my mother. We bought all the pendants for necklaces as gifts for teachers and whatnot. I had boba, and I was happy!!!
Then around 8PM, I went to a promotion for a summer leadership conference. I was supposed to be giving a speech about leadership and its meanings and my experience as a senior. All the speakers and camp workers showed up but no students. I really wished they did a better job advertising it, but hey, it’s their first year and there’s limited budget and time, so it’s all good. We just had pizza and ice cream and talked about how to make the camp experience better and how to recruit students.
I came home around 11:30 PM, called Azziz up, talked for a while, then went to sleep.
I did absolutely no homework.