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| Thursday, September 08, 2005 |
| First Day of School |
For the kids, that is. Therefore, I missed two classes (out of three), and feel absolutely no guilt. I thought I'd make it to Family Law, albeit a little late. However, it then turned out that I had to be at the sign up sheet for interviews for the firms which gave me this slight and almost imperceptable nod exactly at NINE in order to get times which do not conflict with my classes. Then, Thing Two's classroom was .... stupid. For lack of a better word. I know her teacher had the best intentions. She wanted to "meet and greet" all the parents. So, she sort of blocked the doorway with her person, and caused a LINE. It was a LONG LINE. By the time it was our turn (because I brought Thing One to 4th grade first), it was 8:20, and the class had to go to Music, so I got a quick handshake and hello, and that was that. grrrr.
So I would not have gotten to family law until 9:15, and that's 1/2 way through, and I knew that my professor would understand ... but my fellow students would NOT. They would not smile on a disruption (our classrooms suck - you can't get to a seat without knocking both the row you're entering and the row behind that in the head with your bag).
I wanted to pick them up myself after school on this, their first day, so I also missed Evidence. My professor's daughter was also starting 4th grade today, so he was very understanding. (Or was he? He was teaching ... not picking up his daughter!!)
Thing One and Thing Two had a great first day. Happy to see their friends, happy to be back in school, exhausted and wanting to go home immediately. Typical for the start of a new endeavor, I suppose. They're smart little cookies, and I think they're both going to have a great year. |
posted by Zuska @ 2:50 PM   |
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Hey Zuska,
Interesting to me that your profs would even notice your absence in a class like Evidence. How big are the classes?
Also, happy to hear there's no guilt--as well there shouldn't be. I know how important it was to have my mom there to pick me up. Just the fact that she took that time meant the world to me.
Finally- one of our law professors cancelled class to take his son to college. I loved him for it.
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Evidence is probably as big as our first year classes were -- about 75 people. My class (the class of '07) is 220 people, I believe. He would have most definitely noticed if I wasn't there, because I sit right under his nose. I also know him because I had Criminal Procedure with him last year, and Advanced Criminal Procedure with him this year.
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Hey Zuska,
Interesting to me that your profs would even notice your absence in a class like Evidence. How big are the classes?
Also, happy to hear there's no guilt--as well there shouldn't be. I know how important it was to have my mom there to pick me up. Just the fact that she took that time meant the world to me.
Finally- one of our law professors cancelled class to take his son to college. I loved him for it.