On Law School, Laptops, and Legally Blonde
Author: Unknown // Category: adjustments, law school, Legally BlondeRemember the movie Legally Blonde, where the socialite girl with a Masters in Polka Dots History entered Harvard Law School? She made many adjustments, from her old life as the Fashion Princess, to being one studious law student carrying a bunch of heavy books. She also changed her frilly notebook and pen to a pink laptop to fit in and be ready for the lessons. If only I could change this stupid notebook for a laptop too… 
I'm in my first semester as a law student now, and honestly, I am beginning to understand that the adjustment that the movie presented was nothing compared to a real-life scenario in law school. And, it might be a little easier if I could use laptop in school. The "bosses" don’t let us use such techy gadgets since they "wanted us to polish our skills in writing with our own hands as preparation for the bar exams". So, how troublesome is that? I mean, we could at least download the cases we needed for reference using the net submit our case digest encoded, but no, they don’t want us to do that. If they just let us use laptops instead, I wouldn’t have had to bring around with me thick books that I can’t even understand.
They say they’re using the Socratic method of teaching, in the sense that they would not be lecturing, but would instead asking us questions. Is this part of the Socratic Method too, to let us suffer the primitive ways of the law school here in the Philippines?
Harvard education style is way more convenient since apparently laptops are an educational trend there. I mean, just like in the Legally Blonde movie, where everyone is expected to have their own laptop. E-books would be much help to my study and to my class participation than having to scan and memorize principles from the super thick books with their so unattractive covers. Who would be interested in reading that?
Okay, so maybe they just wanted us to realize how no-joke it is here in Law School. But at least they could have just let us use the laptop and torture us that much in another way, like having us download thousands of cases to study. It might be a good trend to open ourselves to newer technology. Oh, and laptops is not that new anyway.
I'm in my first semester as a law student now, and honestly, I am beginning to understand that the adjustment that the movie presented was nothing compared to a real-life scenario in law school. And, it might be a little easier if I could use laptop in school. The "bosses" don’t let us use such techy gadgets since they "wanted us to polish our skills in writing with our own hands as preparation for the bar exams". So, how troublesome is that? I mean, we could at least download the cases we needed for reference using the net submit our case digest encoded, but no, they don’t want us to do that. If they just let us use laptops instead, I wouldn’t have had to bring around with me thick books that I can’t even understand.
They say they’re using the Socratic method of teaching, in the sense that they would not be lecturing, but would instead asking us questions. Is this part of the Socratic Method too, to let us suffer the primitive ways of the law school here in the Philippines?
Harvard education style is way more convenient since apparently laptops are an educational trend there. I mean, just like in the Legally Blonde movie, where everyone is expected to have their own laptop. E-books would be much help to my study and to my class participation than having to scan and memorize principles from the super thick books with their so unattractive covers. Who would be interested in reading that?
Okay, so maybe they just wanted us to realize how no-joke it is here in Law School. But at least they could have just let us use the laptop and torture us that much in another way, like having us download thousands of cases to study. It might be a good trend to open ourselves to newer technology. Oh, and laptops is not that new anyway.
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