i disagree completely with regard to the "whole point of school." school does NOT teach or train you how to be a lawyer. school is an evil pox-ridden whore one must couple with to get a degree. the workplace is where most real learning occurs. (well, at least for me anyhow.)
that said, perhaps i'm the very odd man out in that i learn much better by doing and reading on my own than through class work or dealing with professors. *shrug*
but what you've described above is unfair, unnecessary, and would outrage me if it happened to me or my child. in a classroom setting, particularly a law school classroom setting, where there exists intense competition for grades and ranking any practice that blatantly favors or penalizes some students over others is a wretched practice.
sorry if it feels like i'm taking my frustration with the current, US, law school teaching paradigm out on you. ;)
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Date: 2007-06-06 04:59 pm (UTC)that said, perhaps i'm the very odd man out in that i learn much better by doing and reading on my own than through class work or dealing with professors. *shrug*
but what you've described above is unfair, unnecessary, and would outrage me if it happened to me or my child. in a classroom setting, particularly a law school classroom setting, where there exists intense competition for grades and ranking any practice that blatantly favors or penalizes some students over others is a wretched practice.
sorry if it feels like i'm taking my frustration with the current, US, law school teaching paradigm out on you. ;)
-S