Contracts...

So as you know, I originally went to law school with the hopes of going into aviation law. Buuut, that changed as soon as I realized how difficult it is to work in that field without having military experience (which I don't and probably won't ever have, but that's a blog for another day). Then, I realized that many of the companies I wanted to work for as an aviation attorney were constantly hiring contract attorneys. And so I decided before classes started that I was going to LOVE my contracts class, that is, until I opened The Book. The Book has faaaar to many cases decided way too faaaaar back in time for me to comprehend and trying to decipher the meanings is worse than decoding a message with no key, no previous experience, and no computer... Class was even worse, I understood the first six minutes, got irritated that I didn't really get it, and then started to drift off to thoughts of bouqets and bridesmaids' dresses. Understandably, I wound up on eBay a lot. You can probably imagine how such a thing would quickly get out of hand and after four weeks, I was behind!!! Running to catch up, I've comandeered a 2L's outline, bought a supplement, and started audio recording all of my notes so that I can even listen to contracts in the car. Yet, I still don't feel caught up... Luckily I hadn't been called on in the class, until yesterday. My name was first of the day and to add to the pressure my professor was being audited by another professor that I didn't know. EEEK!! The twenty minutes went by without too much humiliation. I 'misplaced' a few basic terms here and there. Even if it wasn't very eloquent, I got (most) of my points across.
After the ordeal, I felt as though I had done horridly and wanted a retry so very very much!!! I didn't feel my performance was at the level it should have been and was quite disappointed in myself. A day later (today) I receive an email from my contracts professor. As soon as I saw it I knew it contained a reproach about how horrible I had been. Instead, it said, "I wanted to pass on that Professor Smith indicated how impressed he was with your performance in class (as was I). Great job with Ricketts v. Scothorn." I immediately started grinning and giggling in my front row seat for torts class. The Proessor must have thought I was on eBay, for she called on me not ten minutes later! Yay!! My first experience actually impressing someone!!! (even if I still think I could have done much better...) Yay!!!