I’ve always wanted to consider myself adventurous and courageous. But unlike intelligence, which I have no doubt I fully possess, the jury is still out on adventure and courage. The barrier to these qualities, I know, is all in my head (like most things), and throughout life I’ve tried to break the barrier [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Brainwashing myself – finding a law school mantra
Posted in Law School, career, tagged career, lawschool, mantra on April 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
#44 Complete strangers do not generally walk up to me on the street and tell me to “smile.”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged privilege, women on April 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
From the Male Privilege Checklist:
#44 Complete strangers do not generally walk up to me on the street and tell me to “smile.”
I read this last night, and it happened to me this morning (as it has many times in the past.) I used to think I was being uptight when I was bothered by [...]
The masochism bone is connected to the…
Posted in Law School, career, tagged career, lawschool on April 20, 2008 | 9 Comments »
I’ve always been entirely incapable of following through with activities, and even commitments, that I don’t enjoy and don’t feel intrinsically compelled to complete. In college I quit a job after being trained because I just couldn’t bring myself to work there despite feeling guilty about being paid for training hours. I struggled with On [...]
Having It All: What is “it all?” (And is it what I want?)
Posted in Law School, career, women, tagged career, lawschool, women on April 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been seeing fliers around campus for a panel (since passed) entitled “Can Women Have It All.” Around the third time I saw one of these signs it hit me: I’m a woman. One day I might have a baby, and I might have to make choices about family and my career – a choice [...]
Refreshing Criminal Advice
Posted in Law School, tagged advice, lawschool on April 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We received some refreshing advice on course selection today from our Criminal Law professor. Though the presentation was as good as the content, I can only reproduce the latter here. A and R both probably think I’m crazy for scribbling furious notes about this.
Note: much is paraphrased to capture the follow up comments.
Course [...]
