I hate how we all judge each other on what we say in class, or what we say in an awkward moment at a cocktail party, rather than by what we say an do when we are more in our element.
I was talking to a friend of mine the other day, and I brought up that I saw another classmate, Matt, outside of school. My friend commented that he didn’t like him, and when I asked why he said that because in his small section last semester, Matt had made a irksome comment about a philosophical theory. This is why my friend does not like him. In all my interactions with Matt, I’ve felt that he was a pretty nice guy, and maybe that we even shared some similar interests. But he made a dumb comment in class, so my friend doesn’t like him. And the thing is, maybe he just didn’t understand the theory or maybe he was just having a bad day.
But that’s how it goes in law school. So many people to compete with, so many people to judge.
