Idea for statement....rough rough draft
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:52 pm
I know this is very very far from complete but I was wondering if this is going somewhere in a positive direction. Basically I want to explain how I had to decided between law and a music career and how having to have made that choice strongly affirmed my passion for law, while including elements of overcoming adversity real life success etc... Some concerns I have with this topic include how to get academics into it (though with my 3.48 that isn't my strongest suit.) Basically any feed back as to whether I should continue working with what I have or scratch it and start over would be appreciated. (talking about miami SAO internship in there)
It is mid-November 2008 and I am sitting in a trailer. My bass guitar is sitting next to me. I have never been more content. Four hundred feet from the trailer is group of thirty thousand people who I am waiting to entertain. Tom Johnston, the lead singer of The Doobie Brothers, has just left the trailer after wishing us luck. The band I founded is moments away from playing our largest show. It is the pinnacle of an eight-year journey through the music industry. I have never been more content and I can’t help letting out laugh. I laugh because I am in disbelief that the feeling of satisfaction I am experiencing has nothing to do with taking my biggest step towards what I always thought had been one of my greatest aspirations. Six months later I am in an office hearing a stern voice warning me; “Remember this is for this man’s life!” In front of me is a stack of all the precedents to consider when deciding whether or not to recommend the death penalty. At my feet sits a box, which contains all the relevant details I will have in order to determine whether a 23-year-old man will be tried for his life. I am sitting in an office realizing I made the right choice.
When I was two year old my parents divorced. Alone in the Newton, Massachusetts my mother was forced to leave her dream house which she had built her-self and her dream job at Wellesley college. As a single mother in her thirties struggling to pay rent, she was forced to take a job teaching in the public school system in order to make ends meat. Far from the intellectual community she cherished it was hard for her to adjust to her banality of elementary school. She wanted me to learn from her mistakes and made a habit of telling me; “Whatever you do in life, make sure you feel passionately about it” I was brought up under that maxim and accordingly pursued what I am passionate about. For the majority of my young adulthood I straddled a line; on either side, two nearly incompatible passions, neither of which I was ready to abandon.
Months before that show, the time had come to make a decision. My band mates used to raze me “If we ever get a record deal, your going to quit the band and stay in school.” I used to laugh it off but at that time I didn’t know what I wanted. From humble beginnings, practicing in a friend’s living room, I had guided the band to success. When we started we were begging local bars to allow us to play for free, now I was supporting my college expenses. The previous summer we had opened for the group Kansas and things had taken off. Shows were being booked left and right. The goal had always been to make it big, but like any long shot it’s difficult to let your-self think about what would happen if a legitimate chance presented itself.
Law school was always there side by side with music. In high school I researched and went through the process of learning how to copyright music. This interest quickly spread to criminal law..... To be continued
It is mid-November 2008 and I am sitting in a trailer. My bass guitar is sitting next to me. I have never been more content. Four hundred feet from the trailer is group of thirty thousand people who I am waiting to entertain. Tom Johnston, the lead singer of The Doobie Brothers, has just left the trailer after wishing us luck. The band I founded is moments away from playing our largest show. It is the pinnacle of an eight-year journey through the music industry. I have never been more content and I can’t help letting out laugh. I laugh because I am in disbelief that the feeling of satisfaction I am experiencing has nothing to do with taking my biggest step towards what I always thought had been one of my greatest aspirations. Six months later I am in an office hearing a stern voice warning me; “Remember this is for this man’s life!” In front of me is a stack of all the precedents to consider when deciding whether or not to recommend the death penalty. At my feet sits a box, which contains all the relevant details I will have in order to determine whether a 23-year-old man will be tried for his life. I am sitting in an office realizing I made the right choice.
When I was two year old my parents divorced. Alone in the Newton, Massachusetts my mother was forced to leave her dream house which she had built her-self and her dream job at Wellesley college. As a single mother in her thirties struggling to pay rent, she was forced to take a job teaching in the public school system in order to make ends meat. Far from the intellectual community she cherished it was hard for her to adjust to her banality of elementary school. She wanted me to learn from her mistakes and made a habit of telling me; “Whatever you do in life, make sure you feel passionately about it” I was brought up under that maxim and accordingly pursued what I am passionate about. For the majority of my young adulthood I straddled a line; on either side, two nearly incompatible passions, neither of which I was ready to abandon.
Months before that show, the time had come to make a decision. My band mates used to raze me “If we ever get a record deal, your going to quit the band and stay in school.” I used to laugh it off but at that time I didn’t know what I wanted. From humble beginnings, practicing in a friend’s living room, I had guided the band to success. When we started we were begging local bars to allow us to play for free, now I was supporting my college expenses. The previous summer we had opened for the group Kansas and things had taken off. Shows were being booked left and right. The goal had always been to make it big, but like any long shot it’s difficult to let your-self think about what would happen if a legitimate chance presented itself.
Law school was always there side by side with music. In high school I researched and went through the process of learning how to copyright music. This interest quickly spread to criminal law..... To be continued