Monday, February 12, 2007
Thursday, February 08, 2007
1. You know school is crap when you raise a question in the aim of being enlightened by your learned professor at law school and to which the response is:-
Professor: Enlighten you? Hahaha, if I am enlightened myself first...(those are not the exact words but somewhat close to whatever he said, can't really remember if he said if I can be enlightened first or if I am even enlightened myself etc etc)
2. You know school is crap when your professor dodge your question a few times (you had to ask the same question a few times, no, not even paraphrasing the questions, just repetition)
3. You know school is a complete waste of time for reasons 1 & 2 and last but not least, you walk away from the seminar not knowing the answer to your question.
Somehow times like these really make me feel a lot better that I was educated at University of Manchester and not locally, at least even though some of the seminar takers at University of Manchester (then when I was around) might not always be right or have all the answers at their finger tips, they make a point to go find the legal position on your question, discuss with the course directors and get back to you with what they've found and most of the time, they add on their two cents on the correct legal position, sometimes arguing against the legal position sometimes further justifying the legal position when in favour of it.
And at the very least, professors in Manchester law school never dodged issues that are uncertain or issues to which they have no answers to, at the very least, they give their point of views or what they think the direction of the law would be after evaluating all the possible options and burying their heads into piles and piles of journals/caselaw etc. I mean that's why you go to school for, yes no?
Just when you think lawyers are trained to think on their feet, professors as such proves you otherwise. Just when you think whatever that sets professors apart from those they teach is that they are a little more intelligent than the mean average of those they teach, times like these, you really wonder if professors are indeed wiser than the mean average of those they teach, I mean isn't he as clueless as I am? Making me teach my peers without first addressing my concerns on points that I myself am not clear of simply makes me wonder why am I paying him to make me teach, why not he pay me and my other peers since he's making us teach everyone (and that includes him too).
Professor: Enlighten you? Hahaha, if I am enlightened myself first...(those are not the exact words but somewhat close to whatever he said, can't really remember if he said if I can be enlightened first or if I am even enlightened myself etc etc)
2. You know school is crap when your professor dodge your question a few times (you had to ask the same question a few times, no, not even paraphrasing the questions, just repetition)
3. You know school is a complete waste of time for reasons 1 & 2 and last but not least, you walk away from the seminar not knowing the answer to your question.
Somehow times like these really make me feel a lot better that I was educated at University of Manchester and not locally, at least even though some of the seminar takers at University of Manchester (then when I was around) might not always be right or have all the answers at their finger tips, they make a point to go find the legal position on your question, discuss with the course directors and get back to you with what they've found and most of the time, they add on their two cents on the correct legal position, sometimes arguing against the legal position sometimes further justifying the legal position when in favour of it.
And at the very least, professors in Manchester law school never dodged issues that are uncertain or issues to which they have no answers to, at the very least, they give their point of views or what they think the direction of the law would be after evaluating all the possible options and burying their heads into piles and piles of journals/caselaw etc. I mean that's why you go to school for, yes no?
Just when you think lawyers are trained to think on their feet, professors as such proves you otherwise. Just when you think whatever that sets professors apart from those they teach is that they are a little more intelligent than the mean average of those they teach, times like these, you really wonder if professors are indeed wiser than the mean average of those they teach, I mean isn't he as clueless as I am? Making me teach my peers without first addressing my concerns on points that I myself am not clear of simply makes me wonder why am I paying him to make me teach, why not he pay me and my other peers since he's making us teach everyone (and that includes him too).
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