I'll be waiting with a gun and a pack of sandwiches

I had the first of my performance test workshops today... and about 96% of it was a complete waste of time. They really should just have held that class the first day of BarBri, over drinks at a local bar, as the vast majority of it consisted of a motivational speech about how "Everyone passes the bar!!!" To emphasize this point, the Prof. told of stories of people who overcame the odds to pass (a vet with brain damage and a girl who slipped in her shower and suffered a concussion right the morning of the exam stick out in my mind). "They passed!" His mantra was - if you don't know it, no one knows it, so don't freak out. The reason that no one knows it, btw, is because "Everyone takes BarBri! There's no competition!" Hmmm... no wonder there's class action litigation going on right now. Aside from convincing us we were all going to pass, he made a few important comments like: 1) read the question, and 2) follow instructions. I'm glad my firm is paying $3,000+ for me to hear that point repeated over and over again.

On a somewhat more positive spin - I did appreciate him going through the math relating to the grading of the exam. Rather interesting that you can fail all of the essays and still get a passing score. Also - the story about the chick writing down on her property essay that she was depressed was damn funny. And she managed a 45. (5 points above the minimum.) But other than that, it was a waste of time. I'm debating if I want to go back tomorrow or just take some extra time to outline essays and the other PTs, so if anyone has had that part yet, please post and let me know if it's worth it or not.

Also somewhat related was a comment I overhead one chick say during our break - "I'm so sick of getting YELLED at every day in here." I agree. There's nothing wrong with a professor being enthusiastic, but why must most of the BarBri people yell at the top of their lungs when they want to emphasize a point? Today, for example, "FABULOUS!" "It's a BITCH!" and "THEY PASSED!" were constantly shouted. It's getting more than annoying. Then again, when he calmly asked: "Good idea??? Good idea???" after every clearly bad idea, I wasn't happy either.

Also overheard today on a break - apparently there is a Loyola law student who wrote/writes a blog about how law school is horrible... or something like that... which the Wall Street Journal is interested in writing an article about. Anyone have the link for this?

Finally - I wanted to tell everyone taking the bar to check out this blog - Law with Grace. That chick is a fucking riot. Special encouragement goes out to the girls in West LA morning session to read her post about using the restroom. I'm capable of using the restroom in 30 seconds - so I'm as confused as Grace is as to why everyone takes so damn long.