There are many attitudes regarding the law school system. They range from the attitudes of the scam bloggers, who tend to be angry at the system which pooped them out with less than they entered with. Big debt and little job prospects are the issues that the scambloggers seem to take. Further issues include a total disregard for economic principles by a system known as the ABA.
There are some who love the law school system. The deans and many of the professors (but not all) seem to really enjoy it. And why would they not? It seems like an easy enough job. Maybe not as easy as some say. However, to be paid $100-200k a year, and sometimes more, to teach a few classes and correct some essays once a semester doesn't seem like a bad gig. To be honest, I'd take it.
Then there are the lethargic students who I come in contact with. They are very quiet about a lot of things, so I can't really gauge what they are thinking. Many seem to not know about the real job market, although many are scared. However, few are at the point as another scamblogger, JDPainterGuy, where they wish they never went to law school in the first place.
Some individuals are very depressed. They are at the point of suicidal thoughts and thinking that their life will never be the same again. One individual posted a comment on another law school blog relating to a plumber friend he knew that made an exceptional amount of money.
Many of these students have not looked at a 'scamblog' nor have they really got to see the life of a lawyer after law school. Before I enrolled I had no idea what a lawyer did (other than what I saw from a couple episodes of Perry Mason. Plus, Captain Picard in Star Trek the Next Generation does a bit of lawyering in a couple of the episodes). Sadly, the big feeder web forum for law students, Top-Law-Schools, will stop at nothing to block links to scamblogs. Nando's opus, ThirdTierReality has been redubbed "T14 Paradise". If anything, it is a tyrannical mockery of the intelligence of a breed of people who has been told over and over that they are some of society's smartest individuals (a point that I seriously question -- many law students I have come in contact with show no more intelligence than many undergrads). If anything, TLS (the dungheap of the law world) is doing their students an injustice by not allowing them to see alternative facts and make up their own still-developing and often childlike minds.
I think that there is some importance to the power of positive thinking. I think that telling yourself day after day that your life is worthless is not the right path to take. Just because you did not do well in the legal field after believing you would does not make you a bad person. There is still much that a person can do to better themselves and live a great life. Although you may not make $160,000 a year in law, nor do you have any connections, you can still contribute something to the world. I am saddened when I see a person state that they want to off themselves because of law school. While three years and $200-300k is a lot of money, a life is worth much more. I would propose taking some time out of your day and forgetting about law school and asking yourself what you want to do with the remainder of your life. It is hard with student loans and debt, but nobody can take your life from you. Why would you take it away from yourself?
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By the way, for some reason this blog was not allowing comments. It now allows comments from anyone (anonymous included), so if you want to say something, feel free.
There are some who love the law school system. The deans and many of the professors (but not all) seem to really enjoy it. And why would they not? It seems like an easy enough job. Maybe not as easy as some say. However, to be paid $100-200k a year, and sometimes more, to teach a few classes and correct some essays once a semester doesn't seem like a bad gig. To be honest, I'd take it.
Then there are the lethargic students who I come in contact with. They are very quiet about a lot of things, so I can't really gauge what they are thinking. Many seem to not know about the real job market, although many are scared. However, few are at the point as another scamblogger, JDPainterGuy, where they wish they never went to law school in the first place.
Some individuals are very depressed. They are at the point of suicidal thoughts and thinking that their life will never be the same again. One individual posted a comment on another law school blog relating to a plumber friend he knew that made an exceptional amount of money.
Times have changed. I would trade my degrees to be able to have a job where I know things will get better, where I know I will not be replaced by a slave from the third world, and where I know that some political force would intervene on my behalf when things looked bleak. I would do this even if it meant working physically hard.This is where I do not want to be. However, at the same time, I understand that it is very hard to not feel down sometimes when you expected life to turn out a lot differently. Many of the lethargic students at the law school where I attend will probably one day feel this way. They still have expectations of law being a glamorous and wealth creating profession for anyone who can get a 148 on the LSAT.
There are worse things in life than working with your hands, and when I finally decide to blow my brains out to end my mental anguish, I will have been living proof of it.
Many of these students have not looked at a 'scamblog' nor have they really got to see the life of a lawyer after law school. Before I enrolled I had no idea what a lawyer did (other than what I saw from a couple episodes of Perry Mason. Plus, Captain Picard in Star Trek the Next Generation does a bit of lawyering in a couple of the episodes). Sadly, the big feeder web forum for law students, Top-Law-Schools, will stop at nothing to block links to scamblogs. Nando's opus, ThirdTierReality has been redubbed "T14 Paradise". If anything, it is a tyrannical mockery of the intelligence of a breed of people who has been told over and over that they are some of society's smartest individuals (a point that I seriously question -- many law students I have come in contact with show no more intelligence than many undergrads). If anything, TLS (the dungheap of the law world) is doing their students an injustice by not allowing them to see alternative facts and make up their own still-developing and often childlike minds.
I think that there is some importance to the power of positive thinking. I think that telling yourself day after day that your life is worthless is not the right path to take. Just because you did not do well in the legal field after believing you would does not make you a bad person. There is still much that a person can do to better themselves and live a great life. Although you may not make $160,000 a year in law, nor do you have any connections, you can still contribute something to the world. I am saddened when I see a person state that they want to off themselves because of law school. While three years and $200-300k is a lot of money, a life is worth much more. I would propose taking some time out of your day and forgetting about law school and asking yourself what you want to do with the remainder of your life. It is hard with student loans and debt, but nobody can take your life from you. Why would you take it away from yourself?
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By the way, for some reason this blog was not allowing comments. It now allows comments from anyone (anonymous included), so if you want to say something, feel free.
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