I dunno man, I just like the M.D. model of everyone having a job and a good living, there being collegiality vice cutthroat competition, and a minimal standard of competence possessed by everyone in the field. It seems more in keeping with what a 'profession' is.Lawl Shcool wrote:huh? you clearly choose to continue going to law school while publicly bashing it, so I ask again, why?flcath wrote: I didn't 'choose' to go into medicine for the same reason you won't 'choose' to be the U.S. Solicitor General upon graduation from law school. The offer wasn't there.
My disdain is mostly for the ABA. I shit you not, the last time I was at the doctor's office, when I told him I was a law student, he immediately started talking to me about the LS class actions. That kinda shit--and the fact that now everyone knows some nephew who's working at the Home Depot upon graduation from LS--degrades the legal industry.
For the record I don't personally know anyone working at home depot (or similar hourly wage type place) with a law degree (and I started at a tier 4 school).
Also, if your doctor told you that and then you told him that you had a job despite this, wouldn't that be a point of pride that you beat the odds, not a source of embarrassment?
And I don't get why taking a job means you automatically have to pretend it's the greatest job ever.