Tonight's Contracts class was a battle of sorts. Our Contracts professor, while appearing to enjoy the law, very rarely seems to enjoy his students. He was in quite a mood last week, and this week was not much better. I should give him the benefit of the doubt-he may have problems in other areas of his life-but I think perhaps this is really how he feels about our imposition in his life.
He was NOT happy about being asked to answer our questions about a practice exam question from our Law Study & Exams class. I had emailed him last evening to ask if he could spare us some time, as I figured he would not be happy about it being sprung on him. He started by saying he was refusing to read the question and would not tell us how to answer it. He then said if we had specific questions, he would help us. So we went around and around and finally we got some help from him, albeit very grudgingly.
I guess we must expect this in law school to some degree-I certainly don't expect to be spoon fed anything. But some level of courtesy and interest in the subject seems appropriate. Whatever he is getting paid, he is getting enough to answer our questions generally.
But of course, I can't really effect any change in his approach or demeanor, nor am I going to try. I'll wring every bit of knowledge out of him that I can, and then use alternate sources for the rest. And then I'll win the war by excelling on the exam, or so I hope!
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