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And I’m back in my highly neglected blog…

Sorry for being such MIA for the past months, I guess??? So much have happened and I still can’t keep up with these loads of to do lists and busy schedule. So there you go with my past IG studyblr post featuring the digitals.

Schools are getting progressive eh, but maybe it’s the number one to blame for the continuous deterioration of my eyesight. 😣

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Law School 101

I am back in law school! First term for the academic year 2017-2018 officially started this weekend. I am quite a bit relieved this year than I was for the last two years I’ve been attending it. It was kind of like detention back then, and it always got me thinking of pursuing another career I’ll enjoy rather than this field. But there are a few things that made me a bit excited to go back to school this year.

So, before law books and cases pile up, I’m sharing you some realizations/tips when you’re thinking or about to attend law school.

1.  Enter law school for the proper reasons. Unlike this year, PhilSAT was not yet implemented during the time I first enrolled (that was way back 2014) so there’s no need to figure things out before you enroll. You can just go and decide whether or not to take the bar when you’re there. Back then, I went to law school just because I was pushed by people. When I was still in college, people, including my parents and friends, would say that I should go to law school and be a lawyer, that I have what it takes to be one. So I did, I did not try to do research. I just went ahead and jumped in. The adjustment period didn’t really work out well with me. Finishing the school year, I decided to stop and take a break because I was exhausted. I did not really expect the stress it would put me into. I felt bored during my rest period, so on the following school year, I decided to continue because I don’t like the thought that the units I earned and the resources I had put into will go to waste. Both reasons did not serve me well. The results were unimaginable, I ended up getting mostly 3s on my final grade. So frustrating. Law school is no joke, you might experience things you never thought you would. Having that goal of becoming a lawyer someday is given, but you have to make sure that you are willing to take the risk (go through hell) to be one. 2. Be prepared, always. Never attend a class without reading the topic to be discussed on that day. Believe me, it’s suicide. Your profs expect you to come in class ready. Doing your homework -self-studying, is implied in law school, it need not be told by your professors. Some give topics for next session during your class while others hand out syllabus which will guide you for the whole term, both of which will be of great help to get you through on the next meetings. Do research and advance reading. Most profs use the Socratic method in teaching so it’s 80-20% on having recit on every meetings. It’s an unending cycle of either quizzes or recit until the semester ends. 3. You must be willing to sacrifice.

Or should I say, you must learn to say NO. Law school is a very demanding relationship, lol.  It’ll take most of your time -reading, research and doing case digests. Juggling three lives rn is worse than a roller coaster ride, you sitting upside down. With so many things seeking for attention, I don’t know which to heed first. During the second term, I decided to get rid of one of my social media accounts. Looking up to my friend’s post having their regular trips, my favorite shows airing new episodes and random chitchats is quite disturbing and tempting and it’s not helping me with anything so I deactivated it and just focused with school and work. It seemed to work well with me until now. Plus, nobody can reach me unless they know my number so then I didn’t have to experience that awful feeling of having to say no to people. 4. You  must put your whole heart into it. I don’t know myself back then and I was kinda using other else’s preference to know myself. When I finished college, my dad told me that he’ll send me to law school but I asked him to give me some time to think. I thought it would be easy, because some people I know attended exclusive classes. Little do I know, they were hustling harder than I thought. Profs push you to try harder, always. Always exceeding the limits you created yourself and one must be fully convinced and passionate to survive. Love what you do, do what you love. Great things take time. Sounds cliché right? But it is true. Make a choice and just awesomely deal with it. I’m not saying you should give up on your other dreams, you can actually find a way to work things out for you. And… I’m still working on that. #WorkinProgress 5. Find a good company… And don’t lose it. Last school year, I did not bother checking my grades. So long as I know I did not flunk my subject and was eligible to enroll for the next term, I’m good. But I got told to get my school records for work-related reasons and I was actually shookd seeing my grades. I only dreamt of having a passing grade but I was flabbergasted when I got a 1.0 average in one of my subjects. Comparing my grades back when I was still in a different class, it seemed to get better when I got grouped into a new class. That’s when I met two of my closest buddies in law school. It helps a lot having someone to study with and go to class with. Someone to back you up when you got a bad day in school -we normally just laugh it off, and to celebrate when things get a little bit high. I hope my realization gives you a bit of a boost before you go to school this term. And so for this, I hope my grades will improve as well. So with all that, cheers to our journey to 1.0 average!