Dear Diane,
Why didn't you warn me about this? I'm back in Manitoba shivering under a blanket in this weather; Minus 1 C (30 F) and SNOW ON THE GROUND!! It is the middle of May! This is supposed to be the first weekend of lake weather and it's looking like we'll be lucky to see green grass.
All year I got ribbed for being Canadian. Everytime a new person would find out where I was from, I'd get all the stereotypical jokes over again; Does everyone play hockey? Do you say 'aboot' and 'eh'? Do you live in igloos year 'round? I'd laugh and roll my eyes, but I'd really like to thank mother nature for proving every one of my misinformed american friends right: Canada is a winter wasteland!
Guess it's time to suck it up and look on the bright side; It can't get much worse...can it?
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Done!!
Diane,
Year one has come to an end. The property exam yesterday was the toughest exam I have ever taken. Just thinking about it makes me cringe. Marks come out on June 1st, so we'll see how I did then.
I'm leaving Tulsa for the summer either tomorrow or Monday. Probably tomorrow. I'll stop into Des Moines on the way back to visit my Iowa family and friends and be back in Canada for the summer on Tuesday or Wednesday.
The first year of law school has been one of the toughest, but best years of my life. The education I've recieved is top notch and the professors(for the most part) have been great. But the biggest thing I'll take away from this is the friendships.
I assumed that my time in Tulsa was going to be short; One and done and off to a different school. Apparently, most of my fellow students felt the same way. But there's something about this place - the school, the people, the moment - it just feels right and like something special is taking place right in front of our eyes.
This place has changed me for the better. I believe in myself more, I'm more capable of putting myself out there and trusting my abilities. I still spend money like a drunken sailor, but I'm working on that part too.
Next year I'll be coming back to the school as a 2L Delegate, treasurer of the Phi Alpha Delta fraternity, and one of the leaders in a number of other organizations. The second year will be rougher than the first, but I think I'm turning a corner with my study habits and I'm better prepared than ever to deal with it.
Looking forward to seeing you in a couple of days. It will be great to be home, even if it's just for a few months.
Year one has come to an end. The property exam yesterday was the toughest exam I have ever taken. Just thinking about it makes me cringe. Marks come out on June 1st, so we'll see how I did then.
I'm leaving Tulsa for the summer either tomorrow or Monday. Probably tomorrow. I'll stop into Des Moines on the way back to visit my Iowa family and friends and be back in Canada for the summer on Tuesday or Wednesday.
The first year of law school has been one of the toughest, but best years of my life. The education I've recieved is top notch and the professors(for the most part) have been great. But the biggest thing I'll take away from this is the friendships.
I assumed that my time in Tulsa was going to be short; One and done and off to a different school. Apparently, most of my fellow students felt the same way. But there's something about this place - the school, the people, the moment - it just feels right and like something special is taking place right in front of our eyes.
This place has changed me for the better. I believe in myself more, I'm more capable of putting myself out there and trusting my abilities. I still spend money like a drunken sailor, but I'm working on that part too.
Next year I'll be coming back to the school as a 2L Delegate, treasurer of the Phi Alpha Delta fraternity, and one of the leaders in a number of other organizations. The second year will be rougher than the first, but I think I'm turning a corner with my study habits and I'm better prepared than ever to deal with it.
Looking forward to seeing you in a couple of days. It will be great to be home, even if it's just for a few months.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Buh-Bye, Beard
Dear Diane,
I'm sorry I have to write this, but today I overgroomed and took a chunk out of my finals beard. I had to shave the whole thing because of it.
I started the beard as a laugh at the beginning of last month after I won the Student Bar Association election and became a class delegate for next year. I ran a campaign with posters featuring pictures of friends of mine that were also running that had beards, with a bigger picture of me under it and the tagline "Aaron Faurschou: The Candidate with nothing to hide". I won by a big margin and thought it would be funny if I started growing a beard the next day, a flip-flopping politician who turns against the anti-beard electorate for his own purposes.
It was funny for a week, but after a while I started to like the look. I looked a little older, the women flocked; it was great.
I had a plan to come home, let everyone see me with facial hair, which has never happened, shave it into the moustache to get a picture with my dad AND THEN SHAVE. Now I have to start from scratch.
I can't even look in the mirror right now. I look like an awkward 17 year old boy...rather than the awkward 26 year old by that I am. Disappointed, but it's time to move on.
I'm sorry I have to write this, but today I overgroomed and took a chunk out of my finals beard. I had to shave the whole thing because of it.
I started the beard as a laugh at the beginning of last month after I won the Student Bar Association election and became a class delegate for next year. I ran a campaign with posters featuring pictures of friends of mine that were also running that had beards, with a bigger picture of me under it and the tagline "Aaron Faurschou: The Candidate with nothing to hide". I won by a big margin and thought it would be funny if I started growing a beard the next day, a flip-flopping politician who turns against the anti-beard electorate for his own purposes.
It was funny for a week, but after a while I started to like the look. I looked a little older, the women flocked; it was great.
I had a plan to come home, let everyone see me with facial hair, which has never happened, shave it into the moustache to get a picture with my dad AND THEN SHAVE. Now I have to start from scratch.
I can't even look in the mirror right now. I look like an awkward 17 year old boy...rather than the awkward 26 year old by that I am. Disappointed, but it's time to move on.
Another one bites the dust
Diane,
Finished another exam yesterday. I think I spotted almost all the issues in the fact patterns and applied the Constitution properly. I'd be very disappointed if I got anything less than a B for my efforts.
Right now I'm working on my Domestic Violence take home essay that's due on Friday. The class taught me more than I thought it would about the nature of Domestic Violence, but for the most part it seems like a wasted class to take, especially since I could be spending this time working on Property.
Anyway, I'm working on that and rediscovering what a good band Nada Surf was (or is, if they're still making music). Listen to "Always Love" and tell me it doesn't get you hitting the replay button.
Now back to my regularly scheduled programming...
Finished another exam yesterday. I think I spotted almost all the issues in the fact patterns and applied the Constitution properly. I'd be very disappointed if I got anything less than a B for my efforts.
Right now I'm working on my Domestic Violence take home essay that's due on Friday. The class taught me more than I thought it would about the nature of Domestic Violence, but for the most part it seems like a wasted class to take, especially since I could be spending this time working on Property.
Anyway, I'm working on that and rediscovering what a good band Nada Surf was (or is, if they're still making music). Listen to "Always Love" and tell me it doesn't get you hitting the replay button.
Now back to my regularly scheduled programming...
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Finals
Dear Diane,
It's that time again; Final Exams. The moment we separate the men from the boys; the wheat from the chaff; the...well, you get the picture.
I finished my first exam on Thursday and I feel good about it. Criminal Law is one of the more straightforward finals I have to deal with and the Multiple Choice format goes well with my "educated guessing" method of test taking.
Tomorrow is Constitutional Law, which is formulistic, meaning I ask one question, to get to another question, to get ot another question, until I find the answer. I feel okay about it, since we get to bring our notes in with us, but the exam is 3 hours and it will be a complete time crunch to get everything down on paper. Our professor in this course has been unbelievable, so here's hoping that some of it has stuck.
After Property on Friday I'll be packing up and heading home for the summer. With the Swine Flu Pandemic going around, I can't chance being down here without health insurance, and that runs out for me on the 12th of May. Looking forward to seeing you and the rest of my friends and family all summer before packing up and heading back for year 2. See you in 10 days!
It's that time again; Final Exams. The moment we separate the men from the boys; the wheat from the chaff; the...well, you get the picture.
I finished my first exam on Thursday and I feel good about it. Criminal Law is one of the more straightforward finals I have to deal with and the Multiple Choice format goes well with my "educated guessing" method of test taking.
Tomorrow is Constitutional Law, which is formulistic, meaning I ask one question, to get to another question, to get ot another question, until I find the answer. I feel okay about it, since we get to bring our notes in with us, but the exam is 3 hours and it will be a complete time crunch to get everything down on paper. Our professor in this course has been unbelievable, so here's hoping that some of it has stuck.
After Property on Friday I'll be packing up and heading home for the summer. With the Swine Flu Pandemic going around, I can't chance being down here without health insurance, and that runs out for me on the 12th of May. Looking forward to seeing you and the rest of my friends and family all summer before packing up and heading back for year 2. See you in 10 days!
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