Tagged: stress

Dyeing To Fit In

March 7, 2013 at 5:10 pm

Every time I told myself ‘No more after this, this has got to stop before law school.‘ The bad habit I struggled to quit? Dying my hair fanciful colors. (The title was a horrible pun and I apologize.) I had been dying my hair various hues of purple for years. I liked the subtle little [...]

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Anti-Social Enterprise

February 25, 2013 at 12:08 pm

To all my third year law friends, I apologize for my absence of the last couple of months. My antisocial-ness has been directly attributable to my attempt to build a social enterprise. I understand that the idea that I am not being social so that I can engage in social entrepreneurship sounds pompous at worst [...]

By greenebl | Posted in Extracurriculars, Jobs/Internships, Social Life/Boston, Student Organizations | Also tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Law school primer & the salty tears of defeat

February 21, 2013 at 3:07 pm

On January 20th, 2012, I received my first semester grades. And on January 20th, 2012, I cried for the first time over my grades. And then I cried some more, feeling helpless and stupid for shedding tears over something so inconsequential. I am not a crier. But law school will do that to you. It [...]

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Post-finals debrief

December 28, 2012 at 6:38 pm

I’ve heard it.  You’ve heard it.  Everyone’s heard it.  Law school is hard. And guess what….they’re right. So what makes law school so hard?  Personally, I think it’s the finals.  And, I think a lot of my classmates would agree. Sure, I took courses in undergrad and grad school that had a final exam or [...]

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