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I got a job! I'm officially going to be working as a graduate lawyer at Hunt and Hunt next year. That is very exciting because it means I won't be homeless when uni finishes. I went in for what I thought was a second round interview and was informed that it was actually a job offer meeting. I didn't want to get too excited until the letter came (which arrived today), because it might have all been made up in my head. I was very lucky that the letter wasn't lost. My mum found it in the middle of the footath outside our house. It was just lucky that she thought "hmm I'll throw this rubbish out", only to find that it was a private and confidential letter addressed to me! My post man drives me insane.
In other news my awesome legal theory teacher did the most amusing and kickass thing today. In the first few weeks there has been a running conversation topic about the rudeness of texting when working because by expecting people to move out of your way you're selfishly putting yourself before others. It's week 3. About 30 minutes into class a guy walks in, knocking on the door as he goes. He says "Sorry I'm late" as he takes a seat. "I'm from earlier class". The tutor flicks through the roll and replies "actually, you're in the class after this". He replies rudely "Well I can't go to that one because I have to pick the kids up so I'm coming to this one". There's a few minutes of awkward back and forth between the two, with the teacher getting obviously more and more annoyed at this man's attitude. Then she says "well, it is week 3. You can stay today because the class is a bit empty, but you really should have contacted me some time in the past three weeks. You've got a lot of catching up to do." Then she says "where were we," and moving completely away from the topic we were previously discussing says "yes texting when messaging". We all giggle, understanding the dig at the man who left. Then she asks "so can anyone explain the basis of liberalism" after getting the answer that it's all about the individual she continues for about ten minutes explaining that "yes, liberal society, within which we live, is based upon the individual's pursuit of their own self interest. It's the very nature of people now to consider only what suits themselves, in the competetive world whereby other's needs don't matter...." The man sits there nodding the whole time, not realising it's aimed at him. It was the absolute best use of subject material to mock and take a dig at a student.
In other news my awesome legal theory teacher did the most amusing and kickass thing today. In the first few weeks there has been a running conversation topic about the rudeness of texting when working because by expecting people to move out of your way you're selfishly putting yourself before others. It's week 3. About 30 minutes into class a guy walks in, knocking on the door as he goes. He says "Sorry I'm late" as he takes a seat. "I'm from earlier class". The tutor flicks through the roll and replies "actually, you're in the class after this". He replies rudely "Well I can't go to that one because I have to pick the kids up so I'm coming to this one". There's a few minutes of awkward back and forth between the two, with the teacher getting obviously more and more annoyed at this man's attitude. Then she says "well, it is week 3. You can stay today because the class is a bit empty, but you really should have contacted me some time in the past three weeks. You've got a lot of catching up to do." Then she says "where were we," and moving completely away from the topic we were previously discussing says "yes texting when messaging". We all giggle, understanding the dig at the man who left. Then she asks "so can anyone explain the basis of liberalism" after getting the answer that it's all about the individual she continues for about ten minutes explaining that "yes, liberal society, within which we live, is based upon the individual's pursuit of their own self interest. It's the very nature of people now to consider only what suits themselves, in the competetive world whereby other's needs don't matter...." The man sits there nodding the whole time, not realising it's aimed at him. It was the absolute best use of subject material to mock and take a dig at a student.