One more question...

Law school lectures are taught in the style of my friend, Socrates. The so called Socratic Method means that professors use helpless students in order to teach a lesson. (Resembling the Meno if you are playing the Plato home edition: Socrates shows that a boy with no education surely knows that 2 +2= 4 because of the world of ideas- really, Socrates just asks leading- yes or no-questions). The professors ask questions in order to bring forth legal principles from case law. Sounds like fun? Eh?

All in all, I don't mind it. I am used to talking in class (thank you small majors) and I do my work so I at least can carry on my own. Well, today, in Torts, my professor tested my confidence level.

He walked in and gave the administrative talk about how we are going to do the reading in order to make up for the last two classes. He mentioned how he wanted to move fast through today's reading, so he was going to mostly lecture on Immunity defenses instead of calling on people. Professors rarely lecture- so the whole class sighed with relief.

Then, my favorite professor looked up and caught my eye... and said, "Jena, did you do the reading?"

Note: My professor knows my name- good right when there are over fifty people in the class? WRONG- that means you get called on if the professor is too lazy to look down at the seating chart. 

Off course I answered yes. I did do the reading, but I still would have said yes anyway. I learned in Civ Pro last week never say you didn't do the reading.

Then begins the 'lecture' on Immunities- aka- Professor and Jena question and answer time. Woo hoo... 

Normally, my professor is really nice and tries not to make us feel too stupid, so if you start to flounder he will move on to his next victim. Even if you aren't floundering, he normally moves on at least after we discuss the first case. 10 minutes of Socratic torture. Not so bad.

I sat there, flipping through my case book, even gaining bonus point for answering a trick question. I feel good. Should be done any moment now...

My favorite nice professor who will start lecturing at any minute then states, "Ok, one more question Jena..."

Two cases and twenty minutes later I am brained fried, but successful. I answered about five million one more questions....

After class, my fellow victims- I mean students- acknowledged- wtf.

I officially learned today that I should never under estimate my professors- they are willing to torture in new exciting ways the moment you think you get a handle on what is going on in law school.

Jena's fun Law wtf:  The police have a duty to protect everybody which means they have a duty to protect nobody.