I got back my first essay for Torts - 65 (650). It was the upper end of average, and I had "left points on the table" because I forgot to include a couple of important pieces (ooops! Although, in my defense, I didn't know I needed to include them because the instructions didn't mention including them, and in all of my practice essays, it mentioned all the elements that they wanted to have included. DOH!)
So - of course - I began to panic (I had a certain amount of help.....its finals week here at work and anxiety is HIGH) and thinking that I just could not do this essay stuff - then went out and joined the FLYSX group, and heard a rumbling of the same feeling of "how am I ever going to get this"..... so I think it is a feeling that is rampant among 1L's, regardless of how they are doing overall. So back to the positive thinking, mental programming approach (I know I can...I know I can...I KNOW I can....)
So, I am keeping on with it. I finally have a mentor, which is really helping. She has been through all this before and she has passed the "baby bar" so it is doable. Dean Bracci is doing the intensive review this weekend, and we are all welcome to join for live chat/discussion of the grading method and the "deconstruction" of the questions. I'm debating if I'm going to join. On the one hand, I really value Saturday (Sabbath) because it is the one day that I don't feel at all guilty for not studying. On the other hand, this would be such a help....(sigh). Oh well, I will think about it and then make the right choice for me.
Have a good weekend everyone!
