A second leap of faith

(My Journal on the CVC law debates is suspended pending renewed inspiration)

After a 1-year hiatus I recently plunged into the world of law school again. And Its been a crazy semester. But its over now.

Now its time to take a second leap of faith.

So here we go second semester.

For the last 48 hrs I've agonizing about two rather related things.

1. My Three Year Plan
2. Well... something related to my three year plan.

Three-Year-Plan. a.k.a. take the bar in 3 years

Its simple really. Thanks to differences in curriculum and other more 'amusing' circumstances. I restarted my quest for the bar 13 units behind (Persons, Labor Rel, Ethics and PIL). Thanks to an oversight on my part, plus the idea that I had to adjust first, I only enrolled 19 units last sem.
So now I'm 14 units behind my 3 year plan.

Why is my three-year-plan feasible?

1.) Arellano is very generous with scheds. I can take some subjects virtually anytime I want.
2.) Two summers at 6 units a pop = 12 units. That means I only need 2 more units overload whenever I feel like it.
3.) This means 20 units per sem + one 2-unit overload (if possible this sem na!) and the summers = the Three-year-plan is achieved.

Why would the plan be difficult?
1.) I'm working - while it's not (always) an 8-5 job. It is still work, 20 units while working is insane.
2.) ALFG - I gave my word. I'm committed to making the most of the opportunities that Forensic will give. That means.. Basta Nov 24-28 depending on what happens there. Further dreams might bloom.
3.) Pressumption of Regularity? - this is law school, failing is a clear and present danger


Why do I even have a crazy three year plan

1.) Age - I'm one of those crazy purists with thier misguided belief that life begins after the bar. From what I've seen here. LOL... The Arellano people have a life do you?
2.) Batch - I'm ADMU BS LM Batch 2006. I'm already a year delayed as it is.
3.) My Lola - I have an 80 year-old grandmother. I promised her I'd become a lawyer. Somehow doing it within her lifetime lends me a sense of urgency.

Final assesment - Rushing past law school might be a bad thing. might not have enough time to prepare for the bar. But that's my problem. I want to finish in three years. I just need to work harder to make it happen.

Ergo Sum, I'll be taking a full load + (if I got unlucky in some subjects), I'll be working, and as Hazel laconically put it. "We're out to whoop ass". [Regretfully, I'm fresh out of bravado right now. co'z it's Nov 1 and I have to commemorate my honored dead]

Now where's the memorial? I need to write my speach!

"Madam President, we will please the court!"

P.S. about that second one? PuRE AgOnY but largely self-inflicted.