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Not the Most Likely Reason

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Spring break begins officially on Saturday.  It begins for me when I leave school today at 4 pm.  Most students have at least one mid-term exam this week, many have more.   My real estate law exam was at 9:30 and my Internet exam is happening while I write.  (It’s a tough morning for the handful [...]

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Explanation Given

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Some interesting comments followed Explanation Wanted, a recent post prompted by my difficulties responding to a recommendation request from a former student.  (These comments appeared in my Google Buzz feed, not on this site.)  Two comments thought it a desperate response to the competitiveness of law school admission or a misinterpretation of law school application [...]

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Class Act

Thursday, February 25, 2010

It was take-your-sister-to-work day.   Curious about what I do–or, as a friend said, because she has too much vacation time–my sister attended today’s Internet Law and Intro to Law.   When a friend or family member sits in on a class I have to block them out.  I tamp down my heightened self-consciousness and [...]

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My Office Minutes Are From 2 to 2:05

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

I’ve noticed a trend over the past three or four semesters:  fewer current students visit during office hours.  In prior years on the day before exams my office would be filled with students for the entire scheduled time.  I often stayed late to accommodate the demand.  Before this semester’s first exam only a handful of [...]

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Explanation Wanted

Friday, February 12, 2010

Here’s the situation.  Imagine a student who took only one course with me, a year ago or more.  I didn’t know this student well then–the student’s attendance was spotty, or the student participated infrequently when in class, or the student never talked to me outside of class, or at length, or about anything substantive or [...]

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Tergiversate

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Here’s today’s word from Visual Thesaurus, a wonderful website and resource if you like words (or want to build your vocabulary for the the GRE’s).  Tergiversate (stress on the second syllable) means to “be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information” (synonyms: prevaricate, equivocate, misinform)  or to “abandon one’s beliefs or [...]

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Off to the Great Acorn Cache in the Sky

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Earlier this morning I was writing an email when I heard a loud explosion and the power went out.  I went outside and searched in the direction of the boom, expecting to find a smoking transformer.  The neighbors also came outside, to speculate about the cause.  We are no strangers to losing power, but usually it [...]

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