Although the last post concentrated on a small group of my law school family, I do want everyone to know that I really love all of my other friends in law school as well. Like I said last night, law school is really hard, and it is very bad on your self esteem. I learned two things last year, rejection and patience. But I was very happy last year. The one true thing I can say is that I prefer to be at the bottom of my class and have friends that I care about and who like me, than to be at the top of my class and be lonely. I will always drop studying to talk to a friend about something important because I care more about my friends than I do about school. Now, if this is truly the case, it is logically that I should be better at being a friend than I am at law school. And since it won’t take me being a very good friend to have me be better at friendship than law school, then my allocation of resources is working. I do enjoy the people in law school and I am looking forward to this year.
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the thin line between optimism and delusion... 
Amen to that . . .
. . . I’m relying on my social skills and the “connections” I make with friends a lot more than my grades. I just view myself as one of the people that enables all my smart friends be toward the top of the class. I’m glad I’m dumb and happy rather than smart and miserable (although I really wish I was smart and happy). I can’t imagine this whole experience without fast times and good friends . . .
-Kipp “future best educated paralegal in GA” Knight
I knew we were meant to sit next to each other at graduation. I am completely the same… I really do care more about my friends than about law school. I realized on my plane ride home that the only thing worth coming back to the States for was my family and and friends, law school buddies included.
I will say that there are people at the top of our class that are smart and happy… the thing is, we can’t all be there b/c it’s mathematically impossible. Then again, there are those who probably hate the school part as much as me but did well regardless.
Our success in law school will only get us so far… it’s the friendships we make that I think will get us to the end.