It's over!

School is finally done! I took two paralegal classes this semester and ended up hating it. The classes are super easy. The homework is mostly busy work, e.g., copy page 319, write one sentence about each of the subdivisions in Chapter 4, write the definitions of 20 bold terms from each chapter. The final exam in my Introduction to Paralegalism class was this: "Open your book to Chapter 5. Flip through the chapter and write no more than 3 sentences on the one thing you think is the boldest statement in that chapter."

I had three major projects which I think gave me the clearest picture of the nature of the profession. The first two were to do case briefs on any case of our choosing. The third was to do an interoffice memo on one of the issues from the case we briefed. These weren't too hard to do. I just know that I don't enjoy research and writing. Ironically I am good at both, I just hate hate hate them. I can't imagine spending more than 40 (probably more than 60) hours per week doing research and writing it up.

So, I'm done with the paralegal studies. I'm proud of myself for continuing to be diligent in my studies even after I decided I wasn't going to pursue it. For some reason, it was still important to me to get As in the classes. Who knows? Maybe I'll get hit on the head and decide to start again.