Law School Rants

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It's my final year in law school. I'm a bit scared because the Bar is coming next year and the Philippines has one of the most difficult bar exams in the world. The finish line is just around the corner but it feels as if I still have to jump two steep cliffs before finishing what I've began. I'm d*** scared. I did well in the past four years but that doesn't guarantee me passing the exam. There are many times I've wanted to quit too because I don't like memorizing, and reading voluminous books are not my thing. It is a wonder how I even got here and even done the incredible in the past. Sometimes I think it's because of luck (maybe). Bunnies are said to be the luckiest in the zodiac. But we are also the most nervous: trembling, crippling and cowering from too much fear when challenges become overwhelming.

There's no math and science in law school, two of my favorite subjects in high school... so it's been pretty much a borefest to me. The things that got me holding on were reasons I can't even recall... but last night, I resolved to finish law school and to become a lawyer, the latest among so many times I was tempted to quit. Why I resolved to hold on? I like speaking and writing... and if I should speak and write all the time as I wish, then lawyering is definitely something I should do. I don't care if I need to memorize because I learned just a while ago that memorizing is only difficult at the start. Once you got the hang of it, you'll even enjoy doing it and will get the satisfaction out of being able to speak what the law speaks. Indeed, memorizing is not something for the bar only because in cases when you're interviewed on TV, you have to be able to say exactly what the law says... and that to me is something that will give me happiness out of just being able to do it.

I'm scared but I'm excited. I'm scared but I'm excited. I hope this is the adrenaline rush I'm feeling now so I would finally reach the finish line after having gone through so many challenges in the past. I am not after the money. I'm only after satisfaction out of doing what I want to do. And this is why I resolved to finish what I've began. Lawyering here I come!