It is zero hour here @ Suffolk. I'm trudging about the halls, weighed down by too many books just like so many other first years. We all have that look in our eyes like we're on a dark highway somewhere and a bright light is coming at us, mesmerizing us. I got to school early today in hopes of...hell, I don't know. I guess I figured it would be like my first day at a new job so I'd better make a good impression by showing up two hours early. Seems that everyone that's not right out of college had the same idea. None of us have class for at least an hour but we're all mulling about, chatting nervously in groups, struggling to remember names and hoping that just reading the assignment for class will be enough to keep us from looking like fools the first day.
Though I chose Suffolk in part because it doesn't have a reputation as a super competitive school (ie- students don't generally hide or steal books in/from the library, etc), I can already sense that these kids are itching to compete. I've overheard subtle boasts about the easy of the reading. Folks pretend not to worry or ask loaded questions to unnerve their fellow students. I just keep reminding myself not to listen to anyone, even the ones I'm friendly with. Jaded skepticism is, I think, is a necessary trait to have it one is to remain sane in law school.
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