jubilatio

Almost done with finals now, just Monday's exam for Deals, worth the princely proportion of 10% of my grade. Here's a word of friendly advice for law professors (or indeed, any teacher) and registrars/exam schedulers: exams that are worth 10-20% of the final grade should always be put on the first day or two of an exam period. When they come at the end, they become pesky hindrances to students' freedom. Your student isn't thinking, "Man, I've really got to study hard and ace that 10% final." No, instead after his penultimate final, he's thinking, "Yes! I'm done! Free! What should I do this weekend? Maybe I'll take a trip to- oh wait, do I have one more? Argh! Foiled by a 10% final! NOOOOOO!!!!" And yet another glorious sun-soaked Southern Californian weekend is foiled, consigned to the heap of wasted-weekends-that-you'll-never-have-again.

Alright, to be fair, I'm indulging in the traditional law school pasttime known as "whining" or "whinging" or "being a baby." It's really not all that bad, in the grand scheme of things. It could be a 10% 20-page paper. And he's promised to go easy on us. And, truth be told, it's really not going to stop me from enjoying my weekend. I've already lined up a game of Settlers, a free lunch on the law school (to say hi to diversity admits who were admitted late and convince them that despite the administration's insulting gaffe, they really do want to come to UCLaw), an early morning foray to REI, and church on Sunday. Somewhere in there, I might even crack open my Deals notes.

Oh, and if anyone's thinking of doing law school at Boulder, I highly recommend taking Victor Fleischer's Deals class. It's a shame UCLA's losing him (and all the Corporate Law concentration people who didn't take him this time round are kicking themselves for it). :)