On Funks and Law School

Jan 12, 2010 17:38

I've been in a funk for most of the day. It's a combination of a number of things. I got back from volunteering in El Paso on Saturday, an experience that was very good, but also extremely draining on a number of levels - I slept very poorly, drank too much (which partially contributed to the sleeping poorly), was around other people 24/7, was ( Read more... )

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hilabeans January 13 2010, 01:06:55 UTC
One of the things that has helped me in going back to law school has been connecting with grad students in other fields. You're right, law school does have a lot of students who hate it, possibly because it tends to admit far more students than other graduate programs. However, while there are some differences in the type of work involved (many students pursuing other graduate degrees are spending a lot of time teaching and less time taking classes), people in smaller programs who are continuing to pursue their degrees really tend to love what they're studying and be driven and engaged and interested, and they understand the workload as well. This is a nice change from law students, many of whom are there because they didn't know what else to do and getting into law school really isn't that hard ( ... )

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megspencer January 13 2010, 01:11:48 UTC
Hm, that's an interesting idea. I know that there is a graduate student association at the U and I'm pretty sure that they do host mixer-type events from time to time. I'm thinking that if I could convince someone to go with me, it might not be quite so scary.

I've really tried to keep out of the bitching in general. It's not entirely dissimilar to the kind of thing I saw going on at the office I used to work at, though it's ironic given that we're actually paying a LOT of money for the privilege of being at school, so it seems like one should at least try and enjoy it!

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sumbarbarus January 14 2010, 18:04:31 UTC
I've gone a couple of times for the free food, but in general, the grad student meetings remind me a lot of undergrad meetings at macalester. Maybe Macalester students are just more mature than their U counterparts, or maybe the other departments are just easier, but the other grad students seemed to be more relaxed and less overworked than the students in my department.

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megspencer January 14 2010, 18:06:45 UTC
Hm... I can't entirely tell if you see that as a good thing or a bad thing, but spending time around people who are more relaxed than I am sounds nice to me!

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sumbarbarus January 18 2010, 18:12:52 UTC
I'm not certain either. My initial take on it was they weren't as serious about their program as I am about mine, but I'm pretty sure I was mistaken.
I just meant that it wasn't really what I expected and I felt out of place.

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megspencer January 18 2010, 20:37:17 UTC
Nah, that makes sense to me!

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