North Maple Rag

Last night I talked with a girl from my section about how both of us managed to get away with only being called on once or twice in our classes last semester. I'd never talked with her before -- we didn't even know each other's names when the coversation started. That was in large part due to the fact that we maintained pretty low profiles all fall. So, guess who the first two people to be called on in class were this morning? You guessed it. First her, then me. And, we both got to answer lots of questions.

In fact, I've talked more in class in the last 24 hours than I did in all of my classes combined last semester. I'm a bit frustrated with my performance this morning. One of my answers was fairly intelligent in my head, but I didn't articulate it well at all. Other answers? Well, I'm glad it's over. A couple classmates told me I did okay. I think they were lying but it's nice to know other students are kind. In yesterday's class, I volunteered answers. More than once. Amazing, I know. It's a testament to how much I enjoy administrative law.

In other news, I attended a panel discussion this afternoon about finding summer jobs related to health law. It was interesting and while I'm definitely interested in health policy, I'm not sure it's what I want to do forever. Actually, I've figured out recently that I have very specific career goals (mostly related to legislative and campaign work) and I somehow I let law school allow me to forget about them last semester. That was foolish; I shouldn't ignore things I love doing. So, the summer job search is on full speed now. If you have ideas for me, please, please share them. I spoke with one of the people from the career services office today. She told me that my ideas for what I want to do this summer and after law school are "creative" and "brilliant," but she also had very little helpful advice for actually making them happen.