Class 9 • 05.31.11
I can’t tell if it’s a good sign or a bad sign that I wish class doesn’t have to end yet and that I have still more time to learn. I feel like a kid that is pathetically grabbing at the mom’s pants legs, not quite ready to let go, and generally making a sad scene. Unfortunately for me, what is acceptable behavior for a kid, doesn’t translate well to an adult. As luck will have it, Saturday classes are one day behind the other classes, so we piggy-back our last class off a Tuesday or Wednesday night class.
I scored my best ever practice test at 158 on Saturday so I should have felt good. And I did. Yet, I could use at least another couple weeks to study. Maybe with another two weeks I can eek out that 160, but to be honest, since I’m not going after the top ten law schools, I would be quite happy with 158 on the actual test.
Getting a 158 was a decent jump from 155 from the previous two weeks. So what changed? Could be the test, because all the reading comps were very interesting reads to me and most of the logical reasoning seemed fun too. Another big change from the previous week, which I was sneezing while trying poorly to keep snot from running onto the test and generally failing to not gross out the people around me, I remembered to take my allergy meds. I also bought behind-the-counter type allergy meds with pseudoephedrine which was like crack for me, it got me high and helped with my focus. Now I’m not telling you to dope yourself up to take the test, but if you have allergies, maybe give the behind-the-counter stuff a try before the big test. Remember to bring your license if you want to buy the meds because pseudoephedrine is used to make meth, so it’s now a monitored substance.
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but Saturday class is the best section to take. It’s a day that is very hard for people to attend (I think some people had a hard time being cooped up in a classroom on sunny Saturdays), so even though we started with a full class, people have been moving to the other sections. Every class since week 3 is small. Most weeks we have 5-6 people, so it’s like a small group tutoring section. The nicest thing about such a small class is you get to know your classmates. We cheer each other on with every improvement.
One more class this Wednesday then this Thursday is all day testing. We get to practice doing all six sections. Then this Saturday and Sunday before the real test, I have mountaineer training. Good times.