School has not been anything more than a nice ball of stress. There is very little in-school, academic excitement. In fact, there has been almost nothing to date.
I had a one-on-one meeting with my Stupid Class Professor. These meetings are always terribly entertaining, as my Professor and I have a great understanding about my thoughts of the class and the effort I intend to exert (which is close to none). During the meeting, the Professor pulled out an in-class assignment we had prepared. She looked at me and said, "Mr. H, I won’t even ask you this question, because I know the answer to it already. You did not put any effort into this at all. I know you are capable of doing an amazing job because you have done so on all the other assignments."
All I replied is, "What can I say?" And, with that, I flashed her a smile. A grin in return was communication enough. We had our understanding. After the meeting, I had to email in another assignment to her. The following is the email I sent, and the Professors reply. See if you can catch the sarcasm and "understanding" we exchanged.
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From: H
To: Professor
Professor,
Sorry for sending it later than promised. I should have done it there, in your office.
Thank you for the meeting today. I actually took something away from it.
-H
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From: Professor
To: H
Glad to see you "actually" got something out of this one! See you tomorrow.
-Professor
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I laughed quite a lot when I received her reply. It is classic.
In other news, my disbelief at my Student Bar Association Vice Presidential loss is coming to fruition. I originally believed there was foul play on the part of the Law School Administration. I have raised quite a raucous in my first year, to the point where the Dean avoids me. However, my aim was in the wrong direction. Shortly after the results were announced, rumors of election code violations began to fill the halls. The word on the premises was that my opponent's friends had been staffing the election voting table, and had been campaigning for and encourage votes in favor of my opponent. I brushed these allegations off for three reasons:
1) I never believe a rumor. They are unsubstantiated, and usually wrong.
2) I figured I could now expand my horizons in other organizations. Free time is never a bad thing.
3) I had resigned myself to the loss. Though it has rarely occurred in my time, they do occur. Pack up and move on with life.
When everybody had moved forward, especially me, we had just returned from Spring Break. As I left the very first class that Monday, I was flagged down by one of the other current first-year representatives. She asked me if I received "the email" from the Director of Student Affairs. I said, "no, why." She then proceeded to ask me if I worked at the tables during the election period. I responded in the negative. After that, all she said was that the email was pretty mean, and that she had no idea what was going on (yeah, right).
The next day, Tuesday, an email was authored and delivered into the inbox of every current representative, and all newly elected representatives (who do not take office until the end of the semester.
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To: All SBA Reps, Old and New
From: SBA President
The next SBA meeting will be Monday (April 7) at 5pm. New reps are welcome to come, observe and participate in discussions, but will not be allowed to vote until they officially take their positions next year. We have some very, very important issues to discus and it is vital that as many members as possible attend. If you want any say in the future of our organization you will not miss this meeting. It will be in the usual room and I will send a reminder email with more details over the weekend.
Again, please clear your schedules and make it a priority to attend this meeting, it is vital and will certainly be one to be remembered.
-SBA President
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Now, something has to be going on. First of all, I really hate surprises that are not really surprises at all because somebody has notified you as to its existence. Secondly, the current President is a moron who loves to make everything over-dramatic. He also does not seem to care about our bylaws, and the student voice. Anyhow, something is going on.
I put on my snooping helmet and went to work.
I quietly began to ask soft questions of certain people. Since I had the support of all three candidates for President, I slowly solicited them one by one. I began with the one who was the current vice-president. Nothing was yielded. So, I turned to the Treasurer. She gave up the gold. And this gold was plump and juicy.
I cannot make this stuff up. The big news and investigation was into alleged voter fraud. Yes, you heard it here first. Voter fraud during a law school student government election. An anonymous email from a fake account was sent to EVERY member of the law school administration, as well as the current Executive Board of the SBA. The sender witnessed a group of students literally stuffing the ballot box with what is said to be more than 100 ballots. The persons would mark off the name of somebody who had not voted, marked them as having done so, and checked of the names of the persons who, in the end, won President and Vice-President. MAYDAY! MAYDAY!
The "why in the world would anybody do that" bar is raised because of the following:
1) The two people who won the top spots were, actually, probably going to win anyhow, even without the ballot stuffing.
2) The fraud is a serious conduct violation. This is one that can get a person suspended or expelled, and most definitely goes on ye old transcripts.
3) The school has to notify the American Bar Association of things like this. One of the portions of the Bar Exam is a Character Review. And it is not easy to pass. With something like this on your record, there is little hope of passing the Bar.
4) This is for law school student government. Why!?
The only problem is that the witness will not reveal him/herself for fear of retribution, I guess. Knowing this administration, nothing will be done without an eye witness. It is unlikely that they will do anything anyway.
So, next Monday should be interesting. I intend to either abstain from voting, or vote as the new representatives advise, so that they have a voice. I refuse to do a new election and campaign, because as I told a few others, I need at least one-year in between campaigns to reboot from the process. I also do not want to assume office by default. I do not want to serve in a position I was not elected to. I do not think it is right. So, hopefully somebody has a brilliant idea of how to fix the mess.
Regardless, if the idiots who did this are caught, all I want to know is their name. I want them to know that I know who they are and what they did, and I want to look them in the eye every time I walk by them. It is really a despicable act. These people will be out representing clients in situations with much higher stakes. They will be representing me as a fellow alumnus, and as an attorney. It makes me sick to think that people will actually do stuff like this, when it does not really matter. What is wrong with people?
In other news, I won my case. "What case," you ask. The case I tried yesterday. This is absolutely the fastest decision I have ever heard about before today. Decisions are sent in the mail. Our hearing was yesterday. That should paint a good picture about the swift response.
The Judge found that our client's actions did not rise to the level of misconduct, and was merely poor performance. It looks like my questioning paid off. If only I could see the Employer's face when he finds out. It would be amazing to see. The only thing that could make this better is if Roommate and I hear back regarding the case on Appeal. It has been two months since we submitted the Brief. We should know very soon. If we win that, there will be one very unhappy man in New York. However, there will be two very elated roommates and one over-joyed client.
That will be the day.
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