We are 20 days from the first day of the CA bar exam, and I am fluctuating daily between terror and some level of confidence that I'll be able to fake whatever I don't know. We are all dreaming about the bar, fighting sleeplessness and other physical, mental and emotional manifestations of this extended stress.
A fellow bar prepper shared an article from a law professor who bi-annually makes predictions about what will be on the bar exam-there are 14 subjects and they can't give us essays on all of them.
In wrapping up his specific suggestions about what to be prepared for, the professor talks about how fortunate we are to have the opportunities for education that we have, and how that compares to the rest of the world.
He says that many people in the world can't even read or write because even basic education is denied them based on their ethnicity or gender, or because their parent cannot afford the fees. I can't vouch for the stats he quotes, but the underlying message rings true. He says that approximately 793MM people in the world are illiterate, and most of them are women. (Professor John Heilman, Southwestern Law School)
I'd say this will stop my whining, refocus me on what matters and elevate my thinking to a higher plane. Of course it won't, at least not for an extended period of time. But it has the effect just now of quieting my mind and helping me look past myself for a moment. There's a whole big world out there.
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