Thursday, May 29, 2008

What to do when you panic

Today's BarBri class was the first essay writing workshop. Our professor offered lots of general tips for the Bar including my favorite topic: panic. I still remember the freak out I had on my first year Contracts exam. I had just finished question 1 and I looked at question 2 and couldn't figure out what the heck the difference between the 2 questions was. After 5 minutes hyperventilating in the bathroom, I came back, made my best guess and pulled a decent grade in the class. Basically, our professor today suggested the same approach. What he said made absolute sense; between making something up and leaving the page blank, only 1 of those options gives you any chance of passing.

Today was also notable because I finally had some human interaction. I ran into someone I knew from work waiting in the interminable line for the ladies' room and actually had a 5 minute conversation. Inspired by the joy of actual conversation, I also called my former study buddy and heard all the details about her cross country move. Unsurprisingly, moving cross country and then immediately starting BarBri is not much fun. We talked for way too long because neither of us wanted to go back to studying. The good news is that I did manage about 3 productive hours in addition to attending lecture today, so I feel like I'm keeping my head (just barely) above water.

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