well, i got my evaluations today. Narrative evaluations - not grades. I did better than I was thinking I would do, which pleased me on the whole. In one class, my professor did not include much description of my performance, and I got a "notch" lower than I thought I had done (I thought I aced it, 100%, and I got one notch below acing it.) I was disappointed about this class, because it was my favorite!! Constitutional law. And I just saw the professor in the wine store, and she TOLD me that I did "very well" on my exam, and then said, "very well!" So I *thought* I would get the best grade (i mean, evaluation) possible.

But it's really stupid of me to whine. I am very pleased with my first year of law school. I never ever thought that with 2 children and the routines that I hoped to hold onto -- and actually held quite dear and high on the priority list -- that I would do as well as I have. Actually, ever since I graduated college, I was petrified of law school. Petrified that I would learn that I'm not as smart as people had suspected and berated me over (due to underacheiving in high school and college). I thought that if I were to go, I'd be one of those people who flunked out before the first year's end.

But in actuality, I think that my life situation has helped me to do well. It helps me in an area I'm not usually so good at - self discipline. With smaller amounts of time to work with, I'm forced to be more regimented. I think if I had no children, or went to school 10 years ago, I would have used my large expanses of time less wisely. I would have stared at the words on the pages while thinking about .... I don't know. A cute boy?

So I'm glad that things seem to be going well. Now I must focus on what classes to take next semester. I'm pretty sure I'm going to take Family Law, Evidence, Advanced Criminal Procedure, and the class I"m teaching (which takes up a lot of time, which is why I'm only taking 4 classes, which comes out to 14 credits).

posted by Zuska @ 8:24 PM

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