In what I would consider one of my attempts to find my place under the sun, I actually applied for and ended up attending law school. Yes, law school.
In the beginning, it was all play to me. After all, I was fresh out of college and could afford to have a go at something that won't be for keeps. I was, and again I repeat a phrase often found in this blog, trying to find my place under the sun. It was actually a pleasant surprise for me that I qualified in what is arguably the most prestigious schools of law in the country. So many applicants took the entrance exam. Even among my coursemates in college roughly 90% took the entrance exam. I was actually ambivalent about taking the entrance exam. I did not have my heart set on going to law school. I was actually contemplating joining the corporate world, if not entering the academe. I took the exam just to keep my options open and also because almost all my friends were taking it.
To my surprise, I made the cut. Only a small number made it and I was part of the statistics. Wow. Quite a number of people I know who really had impressive credentials did not make it. I definitely had to take that as a sign that law school is something I should contemplate. Added to other ominous little signs that I received in my last few semesters in college (i.e. garnering top marks in law subjects when I definitely was not the most passionate or the most hard working in the class), I decided to try law school. Try only. Maybe a semester or a year. If I like it, I stay and become the best lawyer I can be. If I don't, I ship out and pick up where I left off with my plans to either conquer the corporate world or to rise up the academe.
I did not realize that my decision to give law school a try would change my life nor that it would affect me in such an extreme way. Let's just say I've evolved quite far from the person I was when I first stepped into the grounds of that place we call law school.
I doubt that I can tell all in one post so I won't even try. I'll do it little by little. This will also serve as my catharses somehow. Heaven knows how much I could do with a catharses.
Moving along, I was but a naive, sheltered girl fresh out of her teens when I first stepped into the walls of law school. I had such rose colored glasses and I was an eternal optimist. In short, I was unprepared for the hazards of the microcosm of Philippine politics and government: law school.
There's definitely a lot more when I post part II of this. Stay tuned.
In the beginning, it was all play to me. After all, I was fresh out of college and could afford to have a go at something that won't be for keeps. I was, and again I repeat a phrase often found in this blog, trying to find my place under the sun. It was actually a pleasant surprise for me that I qualified in what is arguably the most prestigious schools of law in the country. So many applicants took the entrance exam. Even among my coursemates in college roughly 90% took the entrance exam. I was actually ambivalent about taking the entrance exam. I did not have my heart set on going to law school. I was actually contemplating joining the corporate world, if not entering the academe. I took the exam just to keep my options open and also because almost all my friends were taking it.
To my surprise, I made the cut. Only a small number made it and I was part of the statistics. Wow. Quite a number of people I know who really had impressive credentials did not make it. I definitely had to take that as a sign that law school is something I should contemplate. Added to other ominous little signs that I received in my last few semesters in college (i.e. garnering top marks in law subjects when I definitely was not the most passionate or the most hard working in the class), I decided to try law school. Try only. Maybe a semester or a year. If I like it, I stay and become the best lawyer I can be. If I don't, I ship out and pick up where I left off with my plans to either conquer the corporate world or to rise up the academe.
I did not realize that my decision to give law school a try would change my life nor that it would affect me in such an extreme way. Let's just say I've evolved quite far from the person I was when I first stepped into the grounds of that place we call law school.
I doubt that I can tell all in one post so I won't even try. I'll do it little by little. This will also serve as my catharses somehow. Heaven knows how much I could do with a catharses.
Moving along, I was but a naive, sheltered girl fresh out of her teens when I first stepped into the walls of law school. I had such rose colored glasses and I was an eternal optimist. In short, I was unprepared for the hazards of the microcosm of Philippine politics and government: law school.
There's definitely a lot more when I post part II of this. Stay tuned.
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