Meathook Reality

Classes formally ended yesterday. I applauded for 3 out of four of my professors. I still have trouble giving props to my Civ Pro instructor. Even taking into account that it is her first year, I’m not so thrilled.

Now begins the frantic reviewing (and in some cases, learning) that always comes before the exams. Personally, this has always been a problem for me: I tend to learn things the first time and then have trouble reviewing them. This can be good or bad: if I learn it wrong, I may be in the position of knowing it wrong. On the other hand, it saves a lot of time.

Contracts II
I’ve got some pressure here. I had the best grade of my section last semester. On the other hand, that was the easy stuff. This time around we’ve got the parol evidence rule, interpretation, promise vs. condition, mistake, misunderstanding, impracticability and impossibility, and myriad other things I cannot recall off the top of my head.

Civ Pro II
This will be interesting. I didn’t do so well last semester, but I blame that primarily on the aforementioned new professor and her screwball all-multiple-choice, heavy-on-Erie exam. She’s gone the other direction this time: open book. Now, instead of getting a bunch of nearly identical multiple choice exams, she’s going to get a bunch of nearly identical essays to read. For me, however, it levels the field, since I’m better at looking up and reading the FRCP then applying them from memory.

Property
Scary stuff. We’ve learned a lot. The upside is that it all makes sense. No matter how much the professor tried to catch us up with “Does that seem fair?” I always seemed to know what was going on. She’s a stickler for detail, though. I’ve got to make sure I keep my real covenants separate from my equitable servitudes.

Con Law
This all comes down to handwaving. I think nearly anyone who’s slept through the class and can crib together a quick list of fundamental rights and the organizational chart that is the Constitution should be able to get through this. I could be wrong, however.