Since the blogosmerehpshere seems like the perfect place for many bloggers to whine, I find myself here and attempting not to do just that right here and now. After suffering through many such sessions (which I shouldn’t have bothered reading, as a ‘back’ button does indeed show itself upon my trusty browser), tis I who feel the need to shamelessly whine. So consider yourselves warned, for whatever reason, and I’m just going to quote this depressing truth per se, which I knew about for years, but that doesn’t make it any better. Yeah…
Those who forego preparation programs (whether it is BarBri or PMBR) just because of the cost are fools. The expense may seem like a lot, but consider for a moment the cost of not passing: (1) Retaking the exam; (2) Paying for an intensive study program to prepare you; (3) Lost wages while you retake the exam; (4) The mental struggle of retaking the exam. You’ve already spent tens of thousands of dollars on your education. Another two thousand is a drop in the bucket. Considering what you are preparing for, the cost should not even be an issue.
Emphasis added. Just a few thousand more dollars – no big deal. As I’ve already purchased all the multistate crap, now that just leaves a bit less than one-thousand bills for the essay prep. Good gawd – I don’t mind being screwed, and most times that sounds rather nice, but not in this particular context. Can I scream now? Okay good….because I need to do just that.
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I feel mildly better at this point. Rant over. Carry on.
6 comments
Yep, honey, that’s a pisser.
Let loose with a full blown whine, I understand completely.
; )
Damn right you may scream hun, it’s enough to put you off getting a profession because you worry you’ll spend the rest of your life paying off the debts.
Don’t make it easy do they? Scream all you want! Personally I like to throw or beat on things when in such a mood. One of the best releases is to go to a driving range and wack the hell out of a bunch of golf balls. I don’t play golf, I just use the driving range to release pent up angers. Try it, it’s cheap therapy.
Scream all you want, you could throw stuff too. I find throwing stuff helps greatly, until the missus catches wind of my tantrum and makes me behave and clean up the mess I’ve made.
Scream! oh, and I personally like to break things. But Barbri and PMBR have “scholarship programs” where you can get the courses cheap.
I can’t remember how much that shit cost me in Summer ’97, but it was worth every penny. Especially because I never took any courses that were remotely useful for the Bar Exam essay portion (Wills and Estates, Commercial Paper, Oil and Gas, etc.), and I had forgotten all that first year shit that would have helped me on the Multistate portion. Plus I’m really disorganized, and they did a lot of the thinking for me.