Socrates needs to be condemned. The man, I now realize, has sentenced far too many students to his glorious methods of teaching. I imagine the devil uses the Socratic method.
My luck prevails again.
I have four relatively laid back professors and one that subscribes to the Socratic Method, as my criminal law class found out. The class of 130 relished the opportunity to learn from the mistakes of one lucky student. This student was the object of the first use of the Socratic method, or as we law students know it: being put on the spot. This was the first time the section had seen it occur. This was the first time this professor had used it this semester. This was one lucky student.
This "lucky" student was yours truly. If I attempted to figure out the chances that I would be the first to get his pride put on stage in front of my peers, I would have laughed at you. Alas, I was not laughing.
I have a strong feeling that I would have been demoralized one way or the other. I do not believe there would have been a "right" answer. The lesson learned is this: when briefing a case for criminal law give every single fact, not just those pertinent to the issue of the case. That would be too easy.
In other news, I do not think that my mind can handle another allusion to the movie: "The Paper Chase." My head may explode into tiny pieces. This movie coupled with the over-sharing of attorneys with regard to how law school was the best three years of their lives with result in any number of people commissioning a tort or criminal act, myself included. As I see it: if these were the best years, why does anybody ever leave?
I am already burned out and I am three days in.
Come see me in three years. Bring the lithium.
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