Diary of a 1L

GONE!

2005-01-02T18:31:00.000-05:00

Thus ends the story of Mike Shecket in law school. Please peruse the archives, which can be found at the right, or visit my current blog at the aptly named blog.mikeshecket.com.

See ya! And dare I say...wouldn't wanna be ya.

Closing Thoughts #2

2005-01-02T18:29:00.000-05:00

I suppose I would have stayed if I could have taken a lot of theory courses and ended up teaching at a law school without having to do research or practice or compete particularly. I guess I don't have that many closing thoughts...I'm just ready to put it all behind me, except for the people, who I hope will still hang out with me.

Closing Thoughts #1.5

2004-12-21T13:03:00.000-05:00

Theme song for taking the LSAT: Metallica, "...And Justice For All"

Theme song for taking upcoming Real Estate Finance exam: AC/DC, "Down Payment Blues"

Theme song for law school overall: The Bobby Fuller Four, "I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)"

Closing Thoughts #1

2004-12-20T15:37:00.000-05:00

Ten Things I Liked About the LSAT That Aren't True of Law School

There is always one right answer on the LSAT.

You don't have to know anything about law to do well on the LSAT.

More than one person can get a perfect score on the LSAT.

Once you study for the LSAT and take it, you never have to do it again if you don't want to.

Nobody ever died or lost their life savings because of the LSAT.

The LSAT isn't written entirely by people who did well on the LSAT.

No one will ever find out your LSAT score unless you tell them; you will never find out anyone else's LSAT score unless you ask.

You don't need to know proper English grammar to get a perfect score on the LSAT, let alone proper citation style.

LSAT ethics are no more complex or distasteful than "don't cheat".

It only costs about $100 to take the LSAT.

Note the impending e-move...

2004-12-14T23:58:00.000-05:00

We're going to close the book on this subdomain and set up shop over at the more generic blog.mikeshecket.com. I want to wrap things up here with a few final law school related notes, but I haven't thought of what I'm going to say yet. But then we'll move over to the glorious, WordPress-based new blog!

I've never been to the Alrosa Villa, and I'm sure ...

2004-12-09T08:45:00.000-05:00

I've never been to the Alrosa Villa, and I'm sure as hell not going there now, smoking ban or no. That place is about four miles due south of me, and they're talking about it in China, for instance...because people got SHOT there.

My plan, in a nutshell

2004-12-08T10:45:00.000-05:00

Finish applying to the OSU M.Ed. program in Math, Science, and Technology Education.
Take a leave of absence from law school starting next semester.
Use Winter and Spring Quarters to take the science content courses I didn't already do in undergrad that I need for Ohio teacher licensure (for example, I didn't take any chemistry in college at all).
Hope I get in.
Start the program in summer '05, finish summer '06.
Get a jorb as a high school physics teacher, autumn '06.

So I'm not going far away physically, just academically. I'll miss seeing a lot of people at school, though. I hope I can hang out with them once in a while.

Okay, maybe forget what I said before. I think my...

2004-12-06T07:08:00.000-05:00

Okay, maybe forget what I said before. I think my main goal is to wrap things up here in a way consistent with my original statement of purpose, from which I've strayed very, very far from time to time. Then I figure that if I want to keep blogging, I'll start a new blog, with this one remaining just sort of static for people who want to read about what law school is like.

However much this has turned into a giant ego thing, I like to think my original purpose was to help people in some meager way.

Remember the times I mentioned that I couldn't wai...

2004-12-04T10:47:00.000-05:00

Remember the times I mentioned that I couldn't wait to be able to say what I really think? Well, that day is coming soon...case in point, I think I'm going to post all my grades on here.

I'm sorry if the site looks weird in Safari. I'll try to figure out what the problem is, but I'm not gonna try too hard...you non-Mozilla using freaks!!!

* DRAMATIC PAUSE *

2004-12-01T16:04:00.000-05:00

I'm kind of tired of talking. I think you people ...

2004-11-20T19:17:00.000-05:00

I'm kind of tired of talking. I think you people should have to say something.

Why does it make me feel so guilty to come to a cl...

2004-11-17T08:16:00.000-05:00

Why does it make me feel so guilty to come to a class unprepared, or show up late, or not show up at all? It's not like they're paying me to be there. Quite the opposite.

The coming Ohio recount

2004-11-16T08:00:00.000-05:00

I think it would only be fair, and quite possible, for the two third-party presidential candidates applying for a statewide recount to somehow pay the state of Ohio the actual cost of the recount, rather than the paltry $10 per precinct maximum provided for by law. There's $1.5 million out there around the country, and the taxpayers shouldn't be made to suffer just because they caught our legislature with its pants down. I don't know what you do...just write a check to the treasury? Would that be tax-deductible?

The novel is dying a slow death...

2004-11-14T18:43:00.000-05:00

I'm behind by over two days or about 4,000 words. I'm still reeling from not one, but two preposterous plot twists that I put in when I couldn't think of anything else to say. Maybe I can edit it down to a serviceable short story...and submit it to the New Yorker, per Law Dork's suggestion.

RIP ODB

2004-11-14T09:25:00.000-05:00

WTF?

So I'm only eight days away from my first (and pos...

2004-11-12T10:04:00.000-05:00

So I'm only eight days away from my first (and possibly only) Michigan game. You tell me why I'm not excited. Then again, maybe I have a pretty good idea myself.

Coming soon to a theater near you...a movie that I...

2004-11-11T14:25:00.000-05:00

Coming soon to a theater near you...a movie that I'm not going to see, Seed of Chucky, because on the one hand, I don't like scary movies, and on the other hand I could never stand to see a sequel without having seen its relative prequels. But can you believe Jennifer Tilly is 46 years old?!

Things I don't like

2004-11-10T08:44:00.000-05:00

Having a job
Looking for a job
Not having a job
Going to school

Being a grownup sucks.

I'm starting my Civ Pro tutoring gig tonight. I'l...

2004-11-09T16:04:00.000-05:00

I'm starting my Civ Pro tutoring gig tonight. I'll be at a slight loss tonight because I haven't met with the professor yet whose section I'll be tutoring. I figure I'll go over how I've prepared for exams in the past and show them the web site.

I took a break from the novel yesterday, but I'm s...

2004-11-08T13:12:00.000-05:00

I took a break from the novel yesterday, but I'm still almost on track with 11,316 words.

I'm starting to get tempted to put a line in my no...

2004-11-06T22:36:00.000-05:00

I'm starting to get tempted to put a line in my novel that says: "You know those last few pages? Well, yeah, that was just a dream. This is what really happened."

Ted Ginn's ego

2004-11-06T12:22:00.000-05:00

Okay...take it easy there, Junior. It's not always going to be this great. Think real carefully about what you're going to say to the press. Don't get hurt. Come back next year, get the Heisman, and then give us a chance to convince you to stay one more year and win the national championship.

9,531 words

2004-11-05T23:53:00.000-05:00

Still chugging along with the novel. When I typed "along" just now, I accidentally typed "alone" first. That's also true. Writing's a solitary business.

I decided to come write at Easton. Some teenager with a group of people just passed by and said: "Why didja come hang out here? You can do that (stuff) at home."

Bush can screw around with the tax code and Social...

2004-11-04T21:09:00.000-05:00

Bush can screw around with the tax code and Social Security all he wants. I don't care. Just please, please no more invasions, alright?

I missed Rushdie!

2004-11-04T09:04:00.000-05:00

Arrrrgh! He's like my favorite author! And though he's no Salinger or Pynchon, he's relatively hard to find. They're trying to kill him, remember? He spoke at the art museum last night, and I was supposed to go, but I forgot and signed up to teach that GMAT class.