tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post1967570886133516347..comments2023-09-21T04:14:00.233-07:00Comments on <strike>Passing</strike> I Passed the California Bar Exam!: My study plan these days consists of ...The Grand Poobahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07226524231756836464noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post-21333522907144621522007-07-19T17:44:00.000-07:002007-07-19T17:44:00.000-07:00On the contrary. It gives you something specific ...On the contrary. It gives you something specific to do each day and keeps you on track. That's probably a much better idea than freelancing it.The Grand Poobahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07226524231756836464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post-7659964149367879972007-07-19T17:37:00.000-07:002007-07-19T17:37:00.000-07:00I think I'm the only sap still doing the paced pro...I think I'm the only sap still doing the paced program. Can't stop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post-60803504730587525332007-07-18T19:31:00.000-07:002007-07-18T19:31:00.000-07:00Well, I don't know about that. I try to get the ro...Well, I don't know about that. I try to get the routine stuff down because I tend to get scatterbrained under exam conditions. I try to see the big picture for everything so I sometimes struggle to reduce a fact pattern to it's component elements. And then I worry that I won't have enough time to finish properly and I start to write before I'm ready, and ... blah.<BR/><BR/>So, reviewing my essay building process is a defensive move more than anything else. I'm trying to limit the damage caused by my disorganized mental approach. I'm sure most of you are way beyond me there.The Grand Poobahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07226524231756836464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post-14656885150634925432007-07-18T19:19:00.000-07:002007-07-18T19:19:00.000-07:00You're going to blow the curve on this thing. Opt...You're going to blow the curve on this thing. Optimize your essay attack formats? My goal for today was "Wills & Trusts, Community Property - do whatever you can manage."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post-9315016429859068392007-07-18T18:17:00.000-07:002007-07-18T18:17:00.000-07:00Great song(Huey Lewis and the News) I think we are...Great song(Huey Lewis and the News) I think we are from the same era, GP.calbar blondiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17059781747527009243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post-17174911816472269112007-07-18T13:11:00.000-07:002007-07-18T13:11:00.000-07:00Capri!: I think we've all lost it, or some part o...Capri!: I think we've all lost it, or some part of it, over the last month or two. I know I have. Being a perfectionist is tough when there's no clear standard to work towards. That leads to frustration and all of it's accompanying negative effects.<BR/><BR/>This is like running a race where you can't see your competitors. You don't know how hard to run, you only know that you're being held to some vaguely understood, but difficult, standard. It's tough to stay focused.<BR/><BR/>Cutie: I knew what you meant. Or, at least, I knew that you mixed two ideas there. And I also knew that regardless of which one you were talking about specifically, I have to know them both. So, it's all good! (;-)><BR/><BR/>Thanks for the compliment. But I haven't achieved anything yet except finish law school and maintain a blog. Words are easy. Results are ... not so easy. We'll know in November, won't we? But, again, thanks for the kind words. I do appreciate them very much.The Grand Poobahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07226524231756836464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post-43221486642821514962007-07-18T12:49:00.000-07:002007-07-18T12:49:00.000-07:00sorry! it's product liability :P I typed too fast....sorry! it's product liability :P I typed too fast... anyway, reading your blog always motivates me. you are just......awesomeAnniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732923487249285850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post-5585327842703242752007-07-18T12:43:00.000-07:002007-07-18T12:43:00.000-07:00I'll become unanomymous now - call me Capri, the S...I'll become unanomymous now - call me Capri, the St. Louis bar examinee. Thanks for making me feel better - if you can't tell, I've lost it. The perfectionist in me who literally worked her butt off in law school to graduate at the top is appalled at her own weakness. But, I've decided to go back to the job analogy - I treated this as a job, I worked hard, and I always get things done early. It may not be the best, but it's done. Now, I'm just trying to keep fresh - I've given up reading the bar examiners mindsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post-8761198118674907682007-07-18T12:15:00.000-07:002007-07-18T12:15:00.000-07:00Cutie: I agree. Going over old essays exposes yo...Cutie: I agree. Going over old essays exposes you to the manner in which they test certain rules that may not be obvious from a reading of the outline. <BR/><BR/>Anon: When I said 15 hours, I also added "not counting the unavoidable interruptions." I probably should have phrased that differently. The idea I meant to convey was that I reserve 15 hours for studying. But because I'm at home in my spare bedroom I'm constantly taking little breaks. I probably end up using only 10 of those hours productively. Some of that time is spent on this blog.<BR/><BR/>I keep hitting the areas that I feel weak in. Granted, "weak" is subjective, but it helps to be a perfectionist. I think I can always improve on something. More rules to memorize, refine my essays approaches, re-review the CA distinctions.The Grand Poobahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07226524231756836464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post-67270502125290187922007-07-18T11:55:00.000-07:002007-07-18T11:55:00.000-07:00How? How HOW?!?! How do you study for 15 hours? I'...How? How HOW?!?! How do you study for 15 hours? I've beeing doing 8-10 almost every day since the beginning, and now even looking at my binder of outlines, a sample essay, or any Barbri book makes me violently ill. I want to study, I really do, but my mind won't even work anymore. I think I've reached the point where any skills or knowledge I don't have now, I won't get in 5 days. And the essays I've been doing are just making me freak out because they're most current and yet so bizarre. My mind just shuts off. I'm screwed in St. Louis, and flying to take the bar exam in Oregon in 3 days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post-26283238061370235032007-07-18T10:37:00.000-07:002007-07-18T10:37:00.000-07:00Very good plan.I don't think property liability wi...Very good plan.<BR/><BR/>I don't think property liability will be on the exam but just doing essays can help you prepared well.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732923487249285850noreply@blogger.com