1L of a Ride - Cultural Learnings of Law School Readings

So I've started my "summer" reading. "1L of a Ride" - it is a road map guidebook for 1st year law students. It gives insight to what to expect, what to do, and how to approach everything involved in your first year of Law school. Its quite intriguing and also very informative. So far its covered what to do prior to starting school in terms of tangibles and intangibles. How to mentally, physically, and materialistically prepare for what lies ahead of me. I've read through the five most common fears among 1st year law students. Boy was this author/professor on the money with that stuff. However, the most relieving piece of passage I have read, stated that as sad as it is, most often times the students who worry the most end up performing the best. I have an unwavering fear of what law school will bring and what stress and discomfort it may cause, but at the same time, I have this excitement for what it can bring and what experiences I will have and how exciting it is to be in a different place, different environment, with the challenges I will be confronted with and how I will address those challenges.

We all reach obstacles and have curve balls thrown at us, both figuratively and literally, but how we approach them, how we react to them, can truly define who we are, display our growth, our learning, and so on and so forth.

As a former athlete, pressure is always on and comes from every direction. To some, I may have folded under that pressure, but I will tell you from my heart, I have never given up, I have always put in my best, all my effort, there may have been times where my best effort wasn't up to par, wasn't where many thought it would be at that time, but then again, I can't complain, I can't regret any of it, because without any of the events preceding this post, I wouldn't be who I am, I wouldn't be where I am, and I wouldn't have the experiences I have had.

I look forward to the future, what it holds, what lies ahead of me, what it will bring. I will do my best to be cautious, be mindful, be educated, be evaluative, be critical, be intelligent, be the best that I can be, and most importantly, be me.

As I continue my "summer" reading, I will continue to share my thoughts and "cultural learnings."