Tuesday, September 30, 2003

going on strike

Somebody wasn't prepared today in Civ Pro.

Not me, mind you. Ever since my last conversation with Prof. Civ Pro, I have briefed each case extremely thoroughly. I've done web searches to see if there have been relevant articles published about the case. I've checked commercial outlines to see if I understood it correctly. I've looked up the case in Glannon to read what he has to add. I've rehearsed questions in my head. In short, I have been utterly prepared to feel that Socratic love.

However, Prof. Civ Pro is playing hard to get. I have not been called on, despite these heroic and totally unmaintainable efforts. No, I am not feeling any love at all. He hasn't even looked at me as he skims over the class for a victim.

Harrumph, I say. I am declaring a cessation to any further excessive case reading. If he calls on me, I'm secretly going to say to myself, "You had your chance, buddy!"

That'll sure show him.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

So what happened to that poor unprepared somebody? I have a morbid facination with Prof. Kingsfield-esque smackdowns.

Anonymous said...

Oh, that was classic. Among other lines uttered was this one: "Did you, or did you not, understand the portion of the syllabus where we discussed class preparation?"

He wanted to get going through, so he didn't prolong it too long.