Thursday, September 21, 2006

Amazon.com: Getting to Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams

Posted by Old Father William at 12:48 AM
Several things are wrong with books like Getting to Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams

1. I've convinced myself that this sort of explanation is like trying to explain how to make pepper make you sneezy. "You have to get sensitve to pepper, that way sniffing it will make you sneezy" "Okay, I've got my nose full of pepper. Now make me sneezy like a cartoon bad guy!"

This is a very strange analysis. Why is answering a law school exam question like involuntarily discharging a random spray of unpleasant... oh I got it.

2. "Getting to maybe" is fundamentally the wrong place to get to. The place to get to is "So what?"

As in: Cardozo says, "instinct with an obligation..."

Did you just get there? Good. You are ready for the exam.
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-----They Might Be Giants