Teaching An Old Dog A New Trick
There's just about a month left of law school and I've only missed 2 classes total. Not of the same class - I missed one day of classes which was 2 classes. That's a freakin' miracle for me. For those of you who know me from my undergrad days - if attendance wasn't taken in a class I was not there. I basically taught myself the work by cramming thru the textbooks and the few notes I had. If I did attend class I didn't do any work until right before an exam. Procrastination has been my game. Even in high school I didn't really do any work until right before an exam. I never had to really work hard academically my whole life. It worked out ok in high school b/c I was an A student but in college it caught up with me a bit but I did ok overall.
Fast forward now to law school. I have to attend pretty much every class b/c attendance is taken and by ABA rules you can't miss more than 4 classes. Also, you don't want to miss class b/c you might not know what the hell is going on. Oh, I almost forgot - you have to prepare for every damn class. This might not sound like a news flash for any of you who actually applied themselves academically but at my age, to have to basically rewire your study habits or lack thereof is nothing short of a miracle. I'm not totally out of the woods though. There's a lot more work I could have done so far that I haven't done yet. I should be reading for my contracts class but instead I'm writing this blog. It just completely drives me insane that I can't totally goof off when I want to. Having to adhere to a strict schedule is making me nuts. I'm slowly getting used to it but the avoidance dance I do every nite before I do my homework until I finally give in is such a ridiculous time waster but I can't help it.
All that time I made fun of my brother b/c he had to keep up with his homework while I just skimmed it and did just as well is biting me in the ass now. To try and become disciplined academically when you've never done that your whole life is worse than trying to teach an old dog new tricks. It's like trying to teach an old deaf and blind dog how to fetch.
Fast forward now to law school. I have to attend pretty much every class b/c attendance is taken and by ABA rules you can't miss more than 4 classes. Also, you don't want to miss class b/c you might not know what the hell is going on. Oh, I almost forgot - you have to prepare for every damn class. This might not sound like a news flash for any of you who actually applied themselves academically but at my age, to have to basically rewire your study habits or lack thereof is nothing short of a miracle. I'm not totally out of the woods though. There's a lot more work I could have done so far that I haven't done yet. I should be reading for my contracts class but instead I'm writing this blog. It just completely drives me insane that I can't totally goof off when I want to. Having to adhere to a strict schedule is making me nuts. I'm slowly getting used to it but the avoidance dance I do every nite before I do my homework until I finally give in is such a ridiculous time waster but I can't help it.
All that time I made fun of my brother b/c he had to keep up with his homework while I just skimmed it and did just as well is biting me in the ass now. To try and become disciplined academically when you've never done that your whole life is worse than trying to teach an old dog new tricks. It's like trying to teach an old deaf and blind dog how to fetch.
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