| Sunday, May 28, 2006 |
| Bar Zen and the Uniform Commercial Code..... |
Sunday's are my Monday's....even on holiday weekends...yeah it does kind of suck....I've been going after the UCC for about a week now....the only good news is that it may be getting clearer this time....which we are all hoping for....Considering I am a bar expert by now....right?
At least I can smile about all this now....I feel differently getting ready for this test than I have for all the other ones.....I was reading today on another blog....a gal who had the holy freaking hell response over spilling some rice on the table....oh my gosh!!!!I've been there sister!!!...I do so remember feeling that way during bar review.....I think there has to be something said about failure though....once it happens.....if you are able to come to terms with it....it can be a good thing....
There was a time for me when I couldn't think of anything worse than failing the bar....please don't start reminding me about my health, my cherub, my freedom (I am of course thankful for those things....) please....you know what I mean......but I have to say that on the other side of this icky bar failure....a few times now there is some strange zen liberation....I feel lighter this time around....I am still invested in passing....don't get me wrong......very much so....just not quite so.....insane about it..... |
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| Friday, May 26, 2006 |
| Nine Weeks and Counting..... |
The Study Group sends me these sunny little reminders weekly....and great pieces of advice usually....since I didn't pass the bar like they promised I would I am doing their courtesy retake...and all things aside....I have to say that is pretty big of them....my essay score on test 2 was fairly bizarre....and on test 3 my score was really a thing of beauty (remember I used TSG for test 3 only and only for writing) ....in all fairness TSG did what they said they would they would do....Technically I "passed" the essay portion of the exam this time...the writing went up exponentially....but since in NC....you don't pass until you pass it all...TSG is letting me slug it out again.....and sending their chipper little reminders.... (I really should have just stayed in FL....you know they keep your passing scores down there.... they don't make you retake any passing sections!!!!)
"If you haven't already started studying, now is the day to stop procrastinating!" Thanks guys...I'll keep that gem in mind....since I've been at this already since April that doesn't really count me....but hey.....what else you got? |
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| Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
| Bar Exam and Booty? |
Not to make light of any of this hardcore studying....but as a legally separated woman....that's right campers the divorce paperwork is still not final, what can I say? Notorious husband has put me through hell and back but I still need his Tricare health insurance, I am not ashamed and I figure he owes me for not having him kicked out of the Marine Corps on adultery charges yes?.....I'm interested in what everybody thinks about dating and studying?
Is it too much drama? Or is it a much needed diversion on that one day off? I personally study six days on for about 8-10 hours and then take one personal day....my boss and soon to be business partner when I pass this bitch of a test agrees that I need this time to study...but I wonder if all bar review and no play does really make the bar bitch a dull girl...or if nothing but straight up study in fact it ensures that I will pass.....
On past Bar attempts I have not even contemplated such things.....but this time I wonder..... |
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| Wednesday, May 24, 2006 |
| The Bar Bitch is a little Slow..... |
Ok.....I said it first.....to everyone who has sending much love and affection to the blog...thanks so much....and I am kicking myself in the ass for not really understanding this forum enough yet to understand my choice of "moderated comments..." so sorry guys..... just didn't realize that would keep the comments completely off the page until I looked over each and every one...sorry for being a rock....the blog is here.....I DO want comments and for this to be a super fabulous place people can get support, advice and help and virtual luv....
The upside to that of course is that we don't get any na-na-na-na guys who say, I already passed the bar, what the hell is your problem? I promise to be more tech savvy in the future.... I think...
For those of you who haven't already....please stop by and visit Cali....the freakin coolest girl in the world who is in need of moral support these days....I know she is destined for greatness and I completely agree with that person who said that good karma has a way of biting you in the ass....everybody please send love to Cali over at Go West Young (wo) Man..... thanks |
| posted by Bar Bitch @ 2:52 PM |
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| Bar Exam Genie in Bottle |
So as it turns out it was only a few points for me.....my essays went through the roof this time and in a turn of real poetic justice I got a perfect score on the Family Law essay....it was about an adulterous husband...here in North Carolina we have laws about Criminal Conversation...you can sue somebody for screwing with your spouse.... very southern, very archaic and typically much punitive damages result...... (I'd like to thank the Bar and my cheating husband for that honor......)
As it turns out I should have listened to the little voice in my head that said, "study more MBE's," even though my bar review said, "hey, those are really solid MBE scores, lets concentrate on your writing, you really can't do so much to move your MBE score any more" The point is that I knew how much I moved my MBE score between test 1 and test 2. I should have known that it could have gone right back down for test 3 and it did go down....and I have to blame myself for that.....
I have passed both sections of this exam now....so I know I have the chops.....the point is that I should have listened to myself a little bit more instead of relying on the "experts"....it is so easy to feel like an idiot once you fail this test....you start to doubt everything about yourself....your intelligence....your worth.....your future......your will to live.....
I have friends who have failed it now the first time and my heart just breaks for them....but I know, standing where I stand, a fourth time taker for the love of god, if you keep your eyes up and keep believing in you....there is much to be gained at the end of it all.... |
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