Next semester I have a choice for one of my classes. I can take either Employment Discrimination, Immigration Law, Tax (federal income tax), or Environmental Law. I have to decide which one I want next week.
I've pretty much ruled out Immigration. It's not that I'm not interested in the subject, because I am, but I've heard enough about the professor to think that I wouldn't like it. He's rumored to be an easy grader, which is good, but he's also rumored to be both extremely leftist and extremely politically intolerant. I don't particularly care what the politics of my professors are, but intolerance is annoying in any stripe. Furthermore, you're expected to do some work in one of his pet clinics. I think if it wasn't a requirement, I'd probably like it and perhaps even volunteer, but the idea of being required to work in one of his clinics bugs me. Given that I've never even met the man and he's already annoying me, I think it would be better if I stay out of his class.
Besides which, I'm equally interested in the others. Environmental Law and Tax are currently my top two choices.
Tax is rumored to be really hard. On the other hand, the reason it's rumored to be hard is that it includes a) math (even algebra!) and b) problem sets. This is causing a tremendous amount of consternation among the former Political Science majors in my section, but I think a little bit of math would be fun. Also, the professor is uniformly acknowledged to be an excellent teacher.
Environmental Law also has an excellent professor, and, um, I like nature and stuff. Granted, not the most logical reason for taking a class, but I think I'd like it.
Any opinions?
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From what I'm reading here, it seems you'd enjoy both classes. But there's that rumor about Tax being a toughy. So. Is it better for you load-wise to take the tougher class now? Or, are your other classes killers, in which case an easier and possibly more enjoyable class might be the ticket?
Them thar's my peso's worth. ;-)
You bring up a good point, which is that Tax is a prerequisite for more upper level classes than Environmental Law. I can take Environmental Law as a 2L, but I have to have Tax for several 2L classes. I had forgotten about that.
Hm. Am leaning towards Tax now.
From what I understand, Environmental, while being full of nature and stuff is actually more like a super specific Administrative Law class. I'm taking Admin now and it's not fun. I don't think turtles and owls would make it any more fun.
Ooooh! More input.
I've since learned that the Employment Discrimination professor is amazing. Very, very experienced in his area of law, and apparently a masterful teacher. Plus, I have the opportunity to take Tax at the beginning of my 2L year.
Now I'm thinking ED. Hm.....
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