Things overheard in law school. Forum

[Redzo]

I can't believe what I just heard:

Girl: So, did you specialize in any area?
2L guy: Yeah, International Law.
Girl: Oh cool, I'm interested in that, too.
(they talk about it for a little)
Girl: So are you planning to stay here in [city] when you graduate, or go abroad?
Guy: Oh, I'm not even planning to be a lawyer. I learned that in my first year.
Girl: Then why are you still here?
Guy: Well, I figured I was already 75k in the hole, I might as well finish it out. After this I'm planning to go to grad school and learn something, you know, more specialized.


I just had to share this with TLS. It's like this guy knew I was listening and wanted to troll me, I swear.

[mrloblaw]

The longer I'm in law school, the more I wonder how the Hell some of the people around me pwned 90+% of the college-educated population on the LSAT. Your overheard conversation is just one example.

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[JamMasterJ]

There's another thread that's almost identical to this one somewhere. It got started within the last couple weeks.

[cinephile]

I've overheard so many things worth quoting, but repeating them would out me if I haven't already outted myself.

Also, I've found out my roommate uses TLS and I've told her pretty much every interesting story that's happened in law school. I'm pretty sure she'll know my username soon enough.

[Extension_Cord]

I have a couple of gunners in my classes that will answer a question wrong, and when the teacher tells them no and then says the answer, they sigh loudly and say, "thats what I said in a more narrow manner." LOL

Happend like 3 times this week.

[dudeman2012]

Overheard in our student commons area:

Guy: Where were you just now?

Girl: I was at the BLSA meeting.

Guy: Why?

Girl: I am part black.

Guy: Really? How much?

Girl: Either 1/8 or 1/16

Guy: How come you don't know?

Girl: Because my grandparents were slaves.

Guy: Your grandparents? Weren't they born after slavery ended?

Girl: Oh I guess it was my great grandparents. Im gonna get some coffee.

End Conversation.

This was not embellished by me at all.

[SehMeSerrious]

Overheard in our student commons area:

Guy: Where were you just now?

Girl: I was at the BLSA meeting.

Guy: Why?

Girl: I am part black.

Guy: Really? How much?

Girl: Either 1/8 or 1/16

Guy: How come you don't know?

Girl: Because my grandparents were slaves.

Guy: Your grandparents? Weren't they born after slavery ended?

Girl: Oh I guess it was my great grandparents. Im gonna get some coffee.

End Conversation.

This was not embellished by me at all.

This is why we need to end all talk of race in this country. It's at the turning point where it perpetuates racism (the idea that race matters) more than it does to prevent already racist people from fighting. Also, a lot of universities and companies take advantage of this to boost diversity profiles in a really cynical way. When I was still in engineering, half of the National Society of Black Engineers were basically white guys with distant black ancestry. It wasn't healthy for them, or frankly for anyone else, to even have to identify as any race, let alone an arbitrary classification based on Jim Crow-Era laws.

I know the implication is that they were BSing but that seriously happens a lot. I know a lot of people with light-skinned parents who still don't really know exactly how "black" they are because they just have third-hand stories about their ancestors being mixed slaves and not really being sure about any of the details. And on the other end, a bunch of people from Latin America and the Caribbean and sometimes the Middle East come here and get attacked for identifying as "white" so not only do they have to deal with being in a new country, they have to deal with all kinds of assumptions about "trying to pass" that just confuse the hell out of them because each country has its own definitions of these social constructs.

[TheFactor]

Overheard in our student commons area:

Guy: Where were you just now?

Girl: I was at the BLSA meeting.

Guy: Why?

Girl: I am part black.

Guy: Really? How much?

Girl: Either 1/8 or 1/16

Guy: How come you don't know?

Girl: Because my grandparents were slaves.

Guy: Your grandparents? Weren't they born after slavery ended?

Girl: Oh I guess it was my great grandparents. Im gonna get some coffee.

End Conversation.

This was not embellished by me at all.

This is why we need to end all talk of race in this country. It's at the turning point where it perpetuates racism (the idea that race matters) more than it does to prevent already racist people from fighting. Also, a lot of universities and companies take advantage of this to boost diversity profiles in a really cynical way. When I was still in engineering, half of the National Society of Black Engineers were basically white guys with distant black ancestry. It wasn't healthy for them, or frankly for anyone else, to even have to identify as any race, let alone an arbitrary classification based on Jim Crow-Era laws.

I know the implication is that they were BSing but that seriously happens a lot. I know a lot of people with light-skinned parents who still don't really know exactly how "black" they are because they just have third-hand stories about their ancestors being mixed slaves and not really being sure about any of the details. And on the other end, a bunch of people from Latin America and the Caribbean and sometimes the Middle East come here and get attacked for identifying as "white" so not only do they have to deal with being in a new country, they have to deal with all kinds of assumptions about "trying to pass" that just confuse the hell out of them because each country has its own definitions of these social constructs.

Cool story bro.

[JamMasterJ]

Overheard in our student commons area:

Guy: Where were you just now?

Girl: I was at the BLSA meeting.

Guy: Why?

Girl: I am part black.

Guy: Really? How much?

Girl: Either 1/8 or 1/16

Guy: How come you don't know?

Girl: Because my grandparents were slaves.

Guy: Your grandparents? Weren't they born after slavery ended?

Girl: Oh I guess it was my great grandparents. Im gonna get some coffee.

End Conversation.

This was not embellished by me at all.

This is why we need to end all talk of race in this country. It's at the turning point where it perpetuates racism (the idea that race matters) more than it does to prevent already racist people from fighting. Also, a lot of universities and companies take advantage of this to boost diversity profiles in a really cynical way. When I was still in engineering, half of the National Society of Black Engineers were basically white guys with distant black ancestry. It wasn't healthy for them, or frankly for anyone else, to even have to identify as any race, let alone an arbitrary classification based on Jim Crow-Era laws.

I know the implication is that they were BSing but that seriously happens a lot. I know a lot of people with light-skinned parents who still don't really know exactly how "black" they are because they just have third-hand stories about their ancestors being mixed slaves and not really being sure about any of the details. And on the other end, a bunch of people from Latin America and the Caribbean and sometimes the Middle East come here and get attacked for identifying as "white" so not only do they have to deal with being in a new country, they have to deal with all kinds of assumptions about "trying to pass" that just confuse the hell out of them because each country has its own definitions of these social constructs.

Cool story bro.

that's what I was gonna say

[Redzo]

I can't believe what I just heard:

Girl: So, did you specialize in any area?
2L guy: Yeah, International Law.
Girl: Oh cool, I'm interested in that, too.
(they talk about it for a little)
Girl: So are you planning to stay here in [city] when you graduate, or go abroad?
Guy: Oh, I'm not even planning to be a lawyer. I learned that in my first year.
Girl: Then why are you still here?
Guy: Well, I figured I was already 75k in the hole, I might as well finish it out. After this I'm planning to go to grad school and learn something, you know, more specialized.


I just had to share this with TLS. It's like this guy knew I was listening and wanted to troll me, I swear.

Me:

[Moomoo2u]

Overheard in our student commons area:

Guy: Where were you just now?

Girl: I was at the BLSA meeting.

Guy: Why?

Girl: I am part black.

Guy: Really? How much?

Girl: Either 1/8 or 1/16

Guy: How come you don't know?

Girl: Because my grandparents were slaves.

Guy: Your grandparents? Weren't they born after slavery ended?

Girl: Oh I guess it was my great grandparents. Im gonna get some coffee.

End Conversation.

This was not embellished by me at all.

was it black coffee?

[HeavenWood]

This is why we need to end all talk of race in this country. It's at the turning point where it perpetuates racism (the idea that race matters) more than it does to prevent already racist people from fighting.

I have a better idea. Let's hope pressing issues go away by pretending they don't exist.

[071816]

This is why we need to end all talk of race in this country. It's at the turning point where it perpetuates racism (the idea that race matters) more than it does to prevent already racist people from fighting.

Most retarded thing I've heard all day.

[HeavenWood]

This is why we need to end all talk of race in this country. It's at the turning point where it perpetuates racism (the idea that race matters) more than it does to prevent already racist people from fighting.

Most retarded thing I've heard all day.

The day is young, my friend.

[soj]

This is why we need to end all talk of race in this country. It's at the turning point where it perpetuates racism (the idea that race matters) more than it does to prevent already racist people from fighting.

LOL

[$1.99]

This is why we need to end all talk of race in this country. It's at the turning point where it perpetuates racism (the idea that race matters) more than it does to prevent already racist people from fighting.

LOL

you are an embarrassment to humanity in general and may god have mercy on your soul

[soj]

This is why we need to end all talk of race in this country. It's at the turning point where it perpetuates racism (the idea that race matters) more than it does to prevent already racist people from fighting.

LOL

you are an embarrassment to humanity in general and may god have mercy on your soul

[Redzo]

This thread sucks. I am disappoint.

[HeavenWood]

This is why we need to end all talk of race in this country. It's at the turning point where it perpetuates racism (the idea that race matters) more than it does to prevent already racist people from fighting.

LOL

you are an embarrassment to humanity in general and may god have mercy on your soul

I don't think he was he was saying that to you, soj.

[law4vus]

Kid in my section, talking to a girl:

"Yeah I totally went to undergrad to be a doctor and even took the MCAT, but everyone told me I lied too much and my patients would never listen to me so I should be a lawyer. So here I am!"

Now can we get this thread back on track plzzz?

[worldtraveler]

Overheard in our student commons area:

Guy: Where were you just now?

Girl: I was at the BLSA meeting.

Guy: Why?

Girl: I am part black.

Guy: Really? How much?

Girl: Either 1/8 or 1/16

Guy: How come you don't know?

Girl: Because my grandparents were slaves.

Guy: Your grandparents? Weren't they born after slavery ended?

Girl: Oh I guess it was my great grandparents. Im gonna get some coffee.

End Conversation.

This was not embellished by me at all.

This is why we need to end all talk of race in this country. It's at the turning point where it perpetuates racism (the idea that race matters) more than it does to prevent already racist people from fighting. Also, a lot of universities and companies take advantage of this to boost diversity profiles in a really cynical way. When I was still in engineering, half of the National Society of Black Engineers were basically white guys with distant black ancestry. It wasn't healthy for them, or frankly for anyone else, to even have to identify as any race, let alone an arbitrary classification based on Jim Crow-Era laws.

I know the implication is that they were BSing but that seriously happens a lot. I know a lot of people with light-skinned parents who still don't really know exactly how "black" they are because they just have third-hand stories about their ancestors being mixed slaves and not really being sure about any of the details. And on the other end, a bunch of people from Latin America and the Caribbean and sometimes the Middle East come here and get attacked for identifying as "white" so not only do they have to deal with being in a new country, they have to deal with all kinds of assumptions about "trying to pass" that just confuse the hell out of them because each country has its own definitions of these social constructs.

You might just be the wordiest poster I've ever seen, except that f0b kid.