If you have not felt the sheer terror in one of your classes that you’ve been sitting there for a couple months and have no idea what’s going on, then it’s just a matter of time. At some point, in at least one class, the whole house of cards will fall apart.
But that’s OK. Because it’s the beginning of November. And finals, for most folks, aren’t until the middle of December. And maybe for that class, you’re like Huma was for property:
I realized that in Property, I was one of those people for whom nothing made sense until right before the final, and then I owned that sucker. Got my highest grade in that class, and came out of the exam thrilled even though I wrote for literally four hours straight. I knew I’d killed it, and I didn’t even need to see my grades a month later to know I was right.1
It’s all fine and dandy to study really hard, work feverishly on the test, fret about it for a month or so, and then get an A. There’s joy, but it’s mostly an overwhelming sense of relief. Those A’s tend to feel less like great victories and more like wiggle room for a class you might not do so hot in.
But the real goal is to get the feeling described above. Where you walk out of an exam absolutely sure that you crushed it. Where the exam was a bully that picked the wrong kid to mess with and you took it back behind the jungle gym and beat the shit out of it.
Because when that A comes, it’s not joy or relief you get so much as it affirms everything you’ve been doing in law school.
So don’t worry if you’re not getting the material so far, or you’re not the one saying the genius remarks in class. All that matters is the final, and you have the whole semester to get ready for the final.
- For me, this was Torts, where I had a pretty good handle on it right before the final but really got it during the final. ↩
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Ugh. Word.
It makes me such a goober, but I still get a little thrill every time I think about how I typed maniacally for the full 4 hours and finished, and how I NAILED it.
It’s made even more sweet by the fact that the professor was a total [insert expletive here] during class. Nicest guy outside of class, though.
…Which made me dislike him more. >:(
I like this a lot.