STUDy habits

i have back to back to back exams this week, so i figured it would be wise (and only right) to impart some studying tips to 1Ls, or anyone else for that matter. but rather than just rattle off a bunch of rules (you've been studying enough commercial outlines), i will adhere to a more common law school practice: an example of a schedule which is not an absolute rule. it varies, and is only here to give a guide for how you might want to study. studying this way alone wont give you all the answers. the rule of this schedule might be unclear, but do the best to apply it to your own life. this will be graded.

930am: wake up
932: turn on computer
935: take dog out
937: make a pot of coffee
938: sign on instant messenger
939: check your email
943: check your school email
946: check your 3rd email
951: check your fantasy team. make changes as you deem necessary.
1001: remember that you made the coffee. get some.
1003: check your blog
1006: check all the blogs you have linked on your blog, and any other blog you have ever read.
1030: check the first few again, cuz someone might have written something.
1045: productive first 75mins. play with the dog.
1100: check myspace, posting comments on all your friends' pages.
1122: check facebook, even though it's really lame now that you have myspace
1131: im somebody
1149: check ebay for good cheap stuff
1201pm: go to cnn.com for todays headlines
1220: lunch!
1254: open class notes in preparation for studying
102: remember that errand you had to do. do it.
133: take dog out
150: im someone else (or the same person)
213: check the blogs again. better get myspace and your email too while you're at it.
257: start studying
301: you're hungry, get a snack. after all, look at all the stuff you've done today!
324: post on your blog
345-6: go over your notes a little, but feel free to listen to music and check away messages too
615: eat dinner
702: catch everybody loves raymond on tbs
804: resume studying
903: someone ims you. feel free to write back.
944: whoa! your friend sent you an invitation to a chat room. better check it out!
1010: resume studying
1026: nighttime snack
1100: daily show!
1133: tab statute book
1213am: check email, im. its kinda late to do work anyway.
1231-309: divide up the phone, im, and playing on the internet as you deem necessary. this block is set aside as sort of a "free time."
322: go to bed, you've earned it!


by following this general schudule, you too can become a successful* law student. and dont worry about what others are saying/doing, because they're idiots. besides, very few students actually receive failing grades on exams, and even less often are these students 1Ls. there's a saying in the legal field that "A-students get the offers, B-students take the shit jobs, and C-students make the money."** let this be a lesson to all of you.




*individual results may vary. success, as used here, is defined as one who maintains a social life during law school, but then may stumble ass backwards into a summer job (or may not).

**i just made that up. i have no support for this assertion. i'm not even sure it's logically consistent.