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DoYouDoAnythingDifferently 4 - 07 May 2009 - Main.UchechiAmadi
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| | Inspired by the tough love discussion and trying to come up with an idea for a second paper, I started thinking about what effect this class has on people. Unlike classes which focus primarily on learning something, the point of this class seems to be to get you to do something. We've talked extensively about what motivates people's actions (legal reasoning, social roles in swindling and selling, conspicuous consumption) with the implication that we should use these ideas and frameworks to examine our own lives. Does anyone actively do this? How have people found themselves thinking about and responding to certain situations differently as compared to before taking this course? Have people watched less TV, or made different choices about summer jobs, or approached other classes in different ways? I've often wondered about what effect adding some basic knowledge of psychological or sociological theories has on people going forward, and the experience of people in this class seems like it would be a good study of that.
For my own part, I'll admit that I don't feel like I act or think differently in any significant way. I mostly accept that to a large degree the teaching aspect of law school has been swallowed by the needs of employers and that the "biglaw" firm system severely devalues young lawyers, but aside from snickering at the repeated use of "cast a wide net" at the EIP presentation and being a bit more exasperated at the continuing assurances that it'll all be ok in two years I don't think I really do anything differently. In other classes I don't consider how this opinion is full of legal nonsense or feel that everyone is continually restricted by competitive pressure. This isn't to say I don't think about these topics, just that it seems like when I do it's mostly confined to being in, talking about, and doing work for this class. | | | -- KeithEdelman - 11 Apr 2009 | |
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> | This thread began several weeks ago, but I think it is useful in examining our immediate reflections on the course and its impacts. I think that, as a whole, I'm less frightened and more confident in my ability to shape the life I want for myself now and after I graduate. That's extremely broad, I know, but I'm generally a timid person and have realized that I value my happiness a lot more than I thought I did. I am becoming less willing to put up with things that don't contribute to that goal -- people, classes, tracks etc. It's a bit sad that I don't think I'll ever take a class like ours again in my life, but the experience will, no doubt, be memorable. Reading your papers and learning about you all outside of the typical classroom has also caused me to question the judgments I tend to make about people, perhaps without really knowing who they are or what they're all about. To be honest, I've found that many of you are a lot more likable with your masks off and your guards down. |
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