As his Saturday, April 12, 2008 post, Ross Armstrong, author of
The Daily Ross - a law student blog of a different creature than my own - takes an otherwise cliche extended metaphor, and makes it perfect. Keep extending those metaphors, Ross. Law School final examinations are no fun, but it is nice to get to the top and look back. As my first year of law school comes near its end, so does my excitement to be able to look back.
Read on:
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From what I can tell, the
climb from Camp I to Camp II looks shorter than the initial climb to Camp I. Not only does it look shorter but we know have our climbing legs. We know how to read cases, how to study for tests and be most prepared for class. Our heart rates no longer increase when the professor enters the room and as the dust has settled after leaving Camp I are comfortable with a place among our peers. As I approach Camp II, I can't help but wonder what happened to all the mountain below me. Is it really time for our last finals of our first year? Where did all that time go? It is in the respect of time, I think we are least prepared for Camp II. We'll be ready for the tests and fact patterns but how did we burn through four months so quickly?
The climb is not as focused on the mountain this time. As one climbs toward Camp II, thoughts of what happens after the entire climb is done is forced your way. The window of the post-climb world was opened for us to peer through; to get a glimpse of what world awaits us once we climb the summit was not only distracting from the climb itself but brought new thoughts of stress. The quest for summer jobs, externships, class and traveling abroad helped distract from the mountain itself. In some ways, such distractions may have helped to see the larger mountain range and in other ways took time away from enjoying the mountain itself. So, with two weeks of a final push as we approach Camp II, we climb on; now with a dual focus of the summit and life after it.
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