First week in Law School

So here's to everyone who wonder what it's like to be in law school. From a fresh graduate-from-her-undergraduate-degree-and-has-experienced-one-week-of-law-school's perspective.

It is everything you see and hear from everyone who has already experienced going through law school.

I'll be frank, it is really draining. It drains you in every aspect possible.

It drains you physically, given the fact that you are not privileged to get as much sleep as you would want to. You're required to read so many stacks of paper everyday and being lax would get you nowhere. If you're a slow reader, you have to pick up the pace while making sure you still understand what you are reading. If you're not a reader, I suggest you practice reading. Try reading and finishing one of Nicholas Sparks' books in one sitting with very little breaks. His books are on average the same length of readings you'd have to accomplish for a subject for a day.

It drains you mentally. You have to not just understand the things you read but you have to analyze them and apply them to your lessons. You have to understand words and terms and phrases that weren't taught to you. You have to be assertive because nothing is directly handed out to you. You are on your own.

It drains you emotionally. If you don't desire law school as much as you should, you would definitely be disheartened. If you don't have enough willingness and if you do not find motivation, it will affect you. And it gets lonely sometimes. And ll the weariness sometimes just gets to you. And your weariness drains up your emotions as well. And you find yourself unmotivated and sad at times. I you're not a fighter, you definitely won't last.

It drains out the life out of you. It does. You don't get to do the things you usually do. And you don't get to rest as much as you want to. You should just get enough rest to keep you going for the day. You should be determined that you'd stay alive because you'd die a natural death if you don't.

But at the same time, it is truly a great learning experience. You get to learn about things you only dreamt of knowing before. You learn about your rights as a person and a citizen of your country. You get to learn about different violations towards a person. You get to learn more about your roots through your county's past. You get a sense of self identity in the things that you are learning, and that in itself is worth all the struggles and weariness. You get a grasp of what your leaders are saying and what lawyers say at court. And it gives you pride to know that you actually understand the law drama series you're watching. It's awesome, really.

I know I have yet to experience what law school is really like as I have only touched on the subjective part of the journey but so far this is it.

To those of you who aspire to pursue further studies in law, I support you a I believe with you that you're making the right choice. Law is not for everyone but it is certainly for the ones who truly want it. :)