Day Two

The day was going fine until I got a bitchy email from one of my professors. She had sent out an email announcement to the list serve and I missed one of the details in her announcement and asked her about it. Here is her response email:

Dear Katherine,

I debated writing this and decided that I should, in the spirit of being a teacher. I don't mean this harshly, but want you to consider this carefully. You asked me two questions that were already answered in my original announcement, which created a poor impression. I'm sure you dashed the email off without thinking carefully, and that is dangerous. Be aware of the impression you're creating, even with email. It's a tricky medium.

Professor So-and-So

For the record, I only asked her one question which was in the original email, and another question which she still hasn't answered, but seems to think she wrote about in the original email, and therefore feels the need to step on her soap box. Christ, people. It is only day two. Can't being bitchy wait until day three? Not meaning something harshly doesn't make make it any less harsh, especially with so small an oversight. It wouldn't get to me so much if this professor weren't in the department I want to go into, and has already rejected me on multiple occasions. I seem to continually earning myself a spot in her bad graces.

Day one was good, and the rest of day two was good until this. Day three will improve...I think I can I think I can...

Research

I've really been dragging my feet about finishing my research for my professor. I need to write a paper summarizing my results, and read a couple of more law review articles. Why am I delaying this? I kept asking myself. Just spent one solid day tackling it and it will be done, or nearly done. But then I realized - the subject bores me to tears. Sustainability and business practices. Both very important topics to explore and implement if the U.S. is ever actually going to achieve the goals the government seems to imply it is setting for itself. But actually reading the discourse on either subject is unfortunately boring as hell. I thought I would get into it after a while, but if it hasn't happened yet it is doubtful that it ever will. When I first got into law school, everyone asked me what type of law I wanted to practice, and I told them environmental. After all, I liked trees, and politics - mostly it just served to allow whomever I was speaking with to assume that I was a) liberal and b) going into law school for the right reasons. But I've since realized that just because you like trees, doesn't mean you're going to like environmental law. We need good environmental lawyers out there, and I'd like to show my personal support in the future by writing the organizations they work for big fat checks. In the meantime, I've discovered that I find myself drawn to family law everytime it is mentioned. I liked helping people out with custody disputes while I was working at Legal Aid, I love learning about the ways the law impacts a child's life. Hell, I even think divorce is interesting - how can the death of a relationship best be handled so that each party goes away able to start anew? Which is why I decided to give up my slot in the Mediation Clinic to take Family Law. If Family Law is potentially what I want to do with my life, I need to give myself a chance to find out in my second year rather than my first if that is true.

But now, I should really do more research. Truly...