The Gunner in my 2L Class Just Gave the Prof an Ovation
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 4:26 pm
During the last class. He was the only one. whyyyyyy.
no other clapping, or no other standing?
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Was it corporations? That class is, at least here, surprisingly gunnery. Basically half the class doesn't go, and the other half is all up on the professor's d.flawschoolkid wrote:During the last class. He was the only one. whyyyyyy.
bjsesq wrote:I was the only person to blow the janitor on the last day of 3L classes. I felt he contributed as much to my wellbeing as many profs, and got a lot less appreciation. I thanked him the best way I knew how.
Wait, you just realized that?mephistopheles wrote:bjsesq wrote:I was the only person to blow the janitor on the last day of 3L classes. I felt he contributed as much to my wellbeing as many profs, and got a lot less appreciation. I thanked him the best way I knew how.
bj, esq makes so much more sense on so many levels now
that's fairmephistopheles wrote:"blowing janitors, esquire" was a new read in
But do you join in the applause?Tanicius wrote:Yeah, I don't get the ovations. In the majority of my classes, the teaching was awful. By virtue of the fact that professors almost never have to answer advanced questions in class, almost any recently graduated attorney could teach CivPro or Torts by staying one day ahead of the material with the help of their bar prep book. I've had elementary school teachers that deserve far more praise for the job they've done than a lot of law school professors. This probably sounds like some sort of Napoleon complex, but I'll give professors credit where it's due: They are usually way smarter than me, and far, far, far more accomplished than I will ever be. They're still not the greatest teachers, so the applause at the end of the class does little more than just tell them how successful they are, without speaking much at all to wisdom they've imparted upon students.
I mean yeah I'd stand up and clap if the entire goddamn class was also doing it, for precisely that reason.Kratos wrote:But do you join in the applause?Tanicius wrote:Yeah, I don't get the ovations. In the majority of my classes, the teaching was awful. By virtue of the fact that professors almost never have to answer advanced questions in class, almost any recently graduated attorney could teach CivPro or Torts by staying one day ahead of the material with the help of their bar prep book. I've had elementary school teachers that deserve far more praise for the job they've done than a lot of law school professors. This probably sounds like some sort of Napoleon complex, but I'll give professors credit where it's due: They are usually way smarter than me, and far, far, far more accomplished than I will ever be. They're still not the greatest teachers, so the applause at the end of the class does little more than just tell them how successful they are, without speaking much at all to wisdom they've imparted upon students.
True story, there were one or two dudes in my class that didn't clap. And a few of the worst people ever went off on how disrespectful and against long standing tradition, and how cool the tradition of applauding was, blah blah blah
I felt like it was more a sense of self congratulations, like "I'm going to clap for this person because it makes me feel better about being a student of someone who is so important that I would clap for the professor. People elsewhere don't have professors that are so important you have to clap for them."Tiago Splitter wrote:I just assume everyone claps in a "thank god this is over" kind of way.
Same. I also love going to sports bars. Not really a huge sports fan or much of a drinker, but fuck, I love slappin 5.fats provolone wrote:applauding is so much fun though. like just in general. I'm not gonna turn down a chance to clap
bjsesq wrote:Same. I also love going to sports bars. Not really a huge sports fan or much of a drinker, but fuck, I love slappin 5.fats provolone wrote:applauding is so much fun though. like just in general. I'm not gonna turn down a chance to clap
Boo, this security guard totally ripped off your moves.[youtube]1jdTbx_1sV4[/youtube]bjsesq wrote:Same. I also love going to sports bars. Not really a huge sports fan or much of a drinker, but fuck, I love slappin 5.fats provolone wrote:applauding is so much fun though. like just in general. I'm not gonna turn down a chance to clap
Tiago Splitter wrote:I just assume everyone claps in a "thank god this is over" kind of way.
Nah it was way more worth it to hear the absurd indignation from the douchey students.Tanicius wrote:I mean yeah I'd stand up and clap if the entire goddamn class was also doing it, for precisely that reason.Kratos wrote:But do you join in the applause?Tanicius wrote:Yeah, I don't get the ovations. In the majority of my classes, the teaching was awful. By virtue of the fact that professors almost never have to answer advanced questions in class, almost any recently graduated attorney could teach CivPro or Torts by staying one day ahead of the material with the help of their bar prep book. I've had elementary school teachers that deserve far more praise for the job they've done than a lot of law school professors. This probably sounds like some sort of Napoleon complex, but I'll give professors credit where it's due: They are usually way smarter than me, and far, far, far more accomplished than I will ever be. They're still not the greatest teachers, so the applause at the end of the class does little more than just tell them how successful they are, without speaking much at all to wisdom they've imparted upon students.
True story, there were one or two dudes in my class that didn't clap. And a few of the worst people ever went off on how disrespectful and against long standing tradition, and how cool the tradition of applauding was, blah blah blah
never seen it, worth a watch?Young Marino wrote:Does this guy think he's in The Paperchase or something?
Yes. It's a good reminder that a lot of the criticism about law schools isn't really new (book was written in 1970). From IMBD:GOATlawman wrote:never seen it, worth a watch?Young Marino wrote:Does this guy think he's in The Paperchase or something?
only place I have ever heard it mentioned is TLS
Susan Fields: You're going to pass, because you're the kind the law school wants. You'll get your little diploma. Your piece of paper that's no different than this [toilet paper roll]
Susan Fields: and you can stick it in your silver box with all the other paper in your life. Your birth certificate, driver's license, marriage license, your stock certificates, and your will...