What have I gotten myself into?
There are 12 of us in the summer program at school. I felt like I was back in high school again... the two "pretty girls" attached themselves to each other and then hung around with the boys of the same type (this is all generalizations/comparisons to high school cliques based on looks and personalities and actions seen today...) Those guys also kinda hung around more with the older guys all talking about sports and politics and such. Then the older men hung around with the older woman who was quite the storyteller- attention whore seems like too malicious a term, because I liked her enough. Then there was one other girl and myself. The other girl hardly even answered info about herself like her name, where she was from, where she did undergrad. I tried talking to everyone, but failed miserably in that I can't make converstaion... *sigh* I just have to remind myself that we were all nervous today and when the 12 of us spend 3-5 hours together every day for the next 6 weeks we'll get to know each other well.
Oh yeah... did I mention I'm the only one who didn't have a pre-law, poli-sci, business (where they had to take a business law class), or work experience within a law firm background? I didn't understand half of what was said today and don't understand anything I'm reading now (I have like 50 or 60 pages to read for tomorrow for our first day of real class).
The faculty we met was great. We got our student IDs and my picture isn't horrible and we took a "field trip" to the Iowa Supreme Court Building and our tour guide was the Cheif Justice. We sat in the Supreme Courts chairs and where attorneys presenting to them would stand and one of my classmates started acting and quoting famous lawyer lines from movies. That was the highlight of the day.
This was all after a freezing shower this morning (they've had someone in fixing the water heater in teh building and the fire alarms gone off 3 times since I've been home). And, I burnt my rice this evening... don't ask how... I don't know... I just did. And burnt a whole in my microwaveable steamer I've used for it before too... so I had my stir fry over cabbage (which was actually quite yummy) and I am babbling because I don't want to go back to the reading that I know I have to do. And I don't want to go back tomorrow. And I don't want to do this! Done bitching now. The end.
Oh yeah... did I mention I'm the only one who didn't have a pre-law, poli-sci, business (where they had to take a business law class), or work experience within a law firm background? I didn't understand half of what was said today and don't understand anything I'm reading now (I have like 50 or 60 pages to read for tomorrow for our first day of real class).
The faculty we met was great. We got our student IDs and my picture isn't horrible and we took a "field trip" to the Iowa Supreme Court Building and our tour guide was the Cheif Justice. We sat in the Supreme Courts chairs and where attorneys presenting to them would stand and one of my classmates started acting and quoting famous lawyer lines from movies. That was the highlight of the day.
This was all after a freezing shower this morning (they've had someone in fixing the water heater in teh building and the fire alarms gone off 3 times since I've been home). And, I burnt my rice this evening... don't ask how... I don't know... I just did. And burnt a whole in my microwaveable steamer I've used for it before too... so I had my stir fry over cabbage (which was actually quite yummy) and I am babbling because I don't want to go back to the reading that I know I have to do. And I don't want to go back tomorrow. And I don't want to do this! Done bitching now. The end.