Comments on: The People You Meet in Law School: The Gunner http://www.fearfullyoptimistic.com/2009/07/18/the-people-you-meet-in-law-school-the-gunner/ Putting the cool back into law school Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:44:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Law School Gunners (Video) http://www.fearfullyoptimistic.com/2009/07/18/the-people-you-meet-in-law-school-the-gunner/comment-page-1/#comment-6840 Law School Gunners (Video) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:17:56 +0000 http://www.fearfullyoptimistic.com/2009/07/18/the-people-you-meet-in-law-school-the-gunner/#comment-6840 <p>[...] the oddest phenomena of law school: Gunners. If you’ve never heard of one, read about it on Fearfully Optimistic. [...]</p> [...] the oddest phenomena of law school: Gunners. If you’ve never heard of one, read about it on Fearfully Optimistic. [...]

]]> By: Why I may be a ‘gunner,’ it may be ok, and other thoughts about class time « Really? Law? http://www.fearfullyoptimistic.com/2009/07/18/the-people-you-meet-in-law-school-the-gunner/comment-page-1/#comment-5416 Why I may be a ‘gunner,’ it may be ok, and other thoughts about class time « Really? Law? Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:14:55 +0000 http://www.fearfullyoptimistic.com/2009/07/18/the-people-you-meet-in-law-school-the-gunner/#comment-5416 <p>[...] my attempted response and moving on to the next raised hand. Does all this make me a gunner? From Fearfully Optimistic: It’s important to note that gunners aren’t just people who answer a lot of questions. Don’t [...]</p> [...] my attempted response and moving on to the next raised hand. Does all this make me a gunner? From Fearfully Optimistic: It’s important to note that gunners aren’t just people who answer a lot of questions. Don’t [...]

]]> By: The People You Meet in Law School – The Robot | Fearfully Optimistic http://www.fearfullyoptimistic.com/2009/07/18/the-people-you-meet-in-law-school-the-gunner/comment-page-1/#comment-2701 The People You Meet in Law School – The Robot | Fearfully Optimistic Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:03:58 +0000 http://www.fearfullyoptimistic.com/2009/07/18/the-people-you-meet-in-law-school-the-gunner/#comment-2701 <p>[...] to use the relative anonymity they have to their advantage. So while you’re looking at the Gunner during class, The Robot—subject of today’s profile—is running away with the [...]</p> [...] to use the relative anonymity they have to their advantage. So while you’re looking at the Gunner during class, The Robot—subject of today’s profile—is running away with the [...]

]]> By: The People You Meet in Law School: The Sandbagger | Fearfully Optimistic http://www.fearfullyoptimistic.com/2009/07/18/the-people-you-meet-in-law-school-the-gunner/comment-page-1/#comment-2324 The People You Meet in Law School: The Sandbagger | Fearfully Optimistic Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:30:07 +0000 http://www.fearfullyoptimistic.com/2009/07/18/the-people-you-meet-in-law-school-the-gunner/#comment-2324 <p>[...] Law to the Preservation of Matter and Energy, there must be another side to the coin. And with the Gunner’s Yang, we have the Sandbagger’s Ying. Characteristics: Only answers when called on; [...]</p> [...] Law to the Preservation of Matter and Energy, there must be another side to the coin. And with the Gunner’s Yang, we have the Sandbagger’s Ying. Characteristics: Only answers when called on; [...]

]]> By: Sniping: Gunning Without Being a Gunner | Fearfully Optimistic http://www.fearfullyoptimistic.com/2009/07/18/the-people-you-meet-in-law-school-the-gunner/comment-page-1/#comment-2257 Sniping: Gunning Without Being a Gunner | Fearfully Optimistic Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:50:11 +0000 http://www.fearfullyoptimistic.com/2009/07/18/the-people-you-meet-in-law-school-the-gunner/#comment-2257 <p>[...] you read yesterday’s post on gunners and decided that being an engaged and cooperative student wasn’t enough. “Law school is [...]</p> [...] you read yesterday’s post on gunners and decided that being an engaged and cooperative student wasn’t enough. “Law school is [...]

]]> By: Anonymous 1L http://www.fearfullyoptimistic.com/2009/07/18/the-people-you-meet-in-law-school-the-gunner/comment-page-1/#comment-2252 Anonymous 1L Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:26:06 +0000 http://www.fearfullyoptimistic.com/2009/07/18/the-people-you-meet-in-law-school-the-gunner/#comment-2252 <p>You caught it in the "A gunner is essentially a show-off, someone who answers questions and dominates discussion for the ego boost and to hear the sound of their own voice." comment. All of us who have dealt with Gunners know the M.O. and see why they do it. The entire LS experience is a delicate balance between getting out of a lecture/briefs what one needs and crossing into Gunner territory while doing it.</p> You caught it in the “A gunner is essentially a show-off, someone who answers questions and dominates discussion for the ego boost and to hear the sound of their own voice.” comment. All of us who have dealt with Gunners know the M.O. and see why they do it. The entire LS experience is a delicate balance between getting out of a lecture/briefs what one needs and crossing into Gunner territory while doing it.

]]> By: John http://www.fearfullyoptimistic.com/2009/07/18/the-people-you-meet-in-law-school-the-gunner/comment-page-1/#comment-2251 John Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:14:45 +0000 http://www.fearfullyoptimistic.com/2009/07/18/the-people-you-meet-in-law-school-the-gunner/#comment-2251 <p>Here we have a great example of Gunner as foil to the Sandbagger (what a tease am I!). I think most of this post explains the gunner's action in this case: he's just trying to intimidate the rest of the class with how smart and prepared and dedicated he is.</p> <p>What I might have missed in this post was how the Gunner is unable to manage the delicate balance needed when being a good student is a big part of your personality and self-worth. It can be a motivating factor but when you lose that balance, stuff like this happens.</p> Here we have a great example of Gunner as foil to the Sandbagger (what a tease am I!). I think most of this post explains the gunner’s action in this case: he’s just trying to intimidate the rest of the class with how smart and prepared and dedicated he is.

What I might have missed in this post was how the Gunner is unable to manage the delicate balance needed when being a good student is a big part of your personality and self-worth. It can be a motivating factor but when you lose that balance, stuff like this happens.

]]> By: Anonymous 1L http://www.fearfullyoptimistic.com/2009/07/18/the-people-you-meet-in-law-school-the-gunner/comment-page-1/#comment-2250 Anonymous 1L Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:56:42 +0000 http://www.fearfullyoptimistic.com/2009/07/18/the-people-you-meet-in-law-school-the-gunner/#comment-2250 <p>I dislike Gunners with a passion.</p> <p>The Gunner in our summer term threw the class under the bus. It is one who decided upon themselves to verbally call out their superiority of briefing. Rule in class was "Three Passes, Class Canceled" policy...well...three passes happened 40 minutes in and we were going home on a quiz night. Oh wait, Gunner announces "I don't want to be punished for others not doing the work, this is unfair to me since I did <em>ALL</em> my briefs".</p> <p>Karma sang its tune when they begged for someone's answer for a practice exam. No one volunteered even after we had all broke our necks helping each other (including a firefighter who pulled a 96 hr shift <em>right</em> before finals) through the studying.</p> I dislike Gunners with a passion.

The Gunner in our summer term threw the class under the bus. It is one who decided upon themselves to verbally call out their superiority of briefing. Rule in class was “Three Passes, Class Canceled” policy…well…three passes happened 40 minutes in and we were going home on a quiz night. Oh wait, Gunner announces “I don’t want to be punished for others not doing the work, this is unfair to me since I did ALL my briefs”.

Karma sang its tune when they begged for someone’s answer for a practice exam. No one volunteered even after we had all broke our necks helping each other (including a firefighter who pulled a 96 hr shift right before finals) through the studying.

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