May 9, 2011

And another one bites the dust.  Today was my higher education and the law final exam.  This was probably one of my favorite courses in law school, which I did not expect when I registered for the course.  We discussed the professional definition of academic freedom and the protections of tenure, in comparison with the Court's definition of academic freedom and how the First and Fourteenth Amendments fit in to the mix.  This exam, thankfully, wasn't as demanding as my race and sex discrimination final last week.  Having studied from past exams, I knew I wasn't going to encounter anything unexpected.  For as many professors who love to twist the minds of their students beyond recognition and necessity on an exam, there are just as many professors who are content to write challenging and fair ones.  This was one of the latter exams.

May 8, 2011

I love the evenings before a final exam.  I stop studying around 5-5:30 p.m., clean up around the apartment, and relax.  Sometimes I even get a little light reading done.  Unfortunately, even though I go to bed at the normal hour of 11 p.m., my study schedule up to this point also means I won't be falling asleep until 2 a.m.  Regardless, pre-final nights are like a "reset" button, allowing my body to catch up and reposition itself for the next marathon of studying. My brain takes a breather, while I kick back and slow everything down to a crawl.  Just seven more days until kicking back is the norm again.