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Class Simulblog

January 23, 2007 1:32 PM

h. My. God. So far, this class has been off to the most ridiculous start ever, so I'm giong to attempt a simulblog. Since I don't hate any of the people in the class (yet), I think I might be able to post this.

1:34--Ok, we're doing the clicker test. Thanks to the miracle of technology, we now know that there are a lot of 1Ls in the class. That brings us to the other point--there are a lot of 1Ls in the class. Oh, yeah, she just said "I think you benefit from having something to do with your hands once in a while."

1:36--The clicker quizes are not part of the grade, read: I won't be getting the clicker.

1:40--She just explained to us that people learn in myriad ways. Woo.

1:41--Why do we study Constitutional Law? A 3L pipes up and points out that it's the foundation of our government and our law. Which explains why she and the other second-semester 3Ls, like me, are taking this class now. Then, one of the 1Ls chooses to identify herself as such by giving some long-winded explanation about how the Constitution is the roadmap to our freedom or some such crap. And she gets shot down.

1:45--Smoker's cough plus microphone amplification equals bad.

1:48--Awkward silence.

1:49--Awkward silence.

1:50--Awkward silence. Followed by the successful accessing of a webpage.

1:52--Prof is giving us the timeline of formation of the original colonies. No one is writing it down. Not even the 1Ls.

2:01--The Articles of Confederation didn't work. Now we're up to par, educationally speaking, with fourth graders.

2:05--Let's all have a pointless conversation about whether the Constitution is built on a sound legal basis. Yeah, this is going to be productive, especially since, even if all of us agree that the Constitution is illegal, our class (not to mention our profession) will continue along as if the Constitution is, well, the Constitution.

2:27--You can't advance to the next slide until you start the slideshow. "New Slide" will not do it. How many people have to tell her to push F5? Can anyone see the mouse? Oh my god!

After that, nothing interesting happened at all. This class is going to be . . . let's say "interesting."



5 Comments


TheExpat said:

The Constitution was not built on a sound legal basis, not if you asked Britain. They had to kill alot of Indians, French people and Hessian mercenaries so the forefathers could keep on having slaves. Then, when they asked them to foot the bill, they all got up and shouted, "Bluhbluhblahbluhblah" in their most jowliest of voices before rousing the impoverished populace to defend their rights. What rights? Why, the rights big land owners all had to avoid their taxes, that's what! Then after their rebellion worked they all to scramble to look more legitimate-like before the whole colonial union fell to pieces. And hey! What a great idea they finally all agreed to. At least on paper, that is.

But hey, not that I'm not grateful. Thanks founding fathers for the Constipatushun, I just hope we learn to use it properly before it's relegated to emergency toilet paper in some toilet adjacent to the Oval Office.

January 25, 2007 3:49 AM



The Expat said:

Toilet, toilet, toilet.

January 25, 2007 3:50 AM



Anonymouse said:

I'm not sure that The Expat's language would fly under Skank.

January 25, 2007 12:31 PM



RPM said:

Hey, if you ever simulblog again, you will invite comparisons to another law blog you don't care for.

Anyway, x-tina says she has a clicker if you are interested in having one without paying for it. Cough. Cough.

January 25, 2007 12:39 PM



TheExpat said:

Skank? Who is this Skank that you speak of? All I can think is that she must be pretty important in the skanking community to warrant both capitalization and italics. And furthermore, why would I want to fly under one? Sounds like a person could contract VD quite easily doing things like that.
In all, I am glad that my language cannot fly under this Skank of yours.

January 29, 2007 1:08 AM



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