By Mark Young
Law school is full of stress, stress, stress
Since entering law school my life has become a great big mess
Reading assignments of hundreds of cases give me hernia of the eye
Sometimes law school truly overwhelms me and I want to cry.
Legal writing assignments twist my brain
Reading case after case looking to distinguish rationales and facts
I pretend to understand, but its all just a lie and a big act
Dark clouds of ignorance hover over me like a thunderstorm with rain.
The intellectual professors try to mold my brain
They try and they try, but all they do is cause mental pain
The Socratic method turns my brain to mush
Oh, but the embarrassment of not having the answer is such an adrenaline
rush
Sweat pours from my brow
I realize that I am in trouble now
Because I did not read the day's reading assignment
Therefore, I probably will not be able to raise valid arguments
I start to worry, then I feel a chill
My face turns ghost white and I suddenly feel ill.
I argue as best I can citing arguments from cases
I think of all the previous decisions discussed in other classes
But in the end, it is useless
I must admit to myself that I am clueless
In anguish I close eyes
The professor has seen right through my guise
When I open my eyes and see the professor grin
He knew from the beginning he was going to win
Now my classmates mock me from behind
They mock and they jeer
It is their ridicule that I fear
But the mockery and jeering is all in my mind
The Gibby has become my new home
But while I am there my thoughts roam
My reading assignments pile up a mile high
I just can't concentrate and I don't know why
In a strange way I realize I am in denial because I face death:
The first year they scare you to death
The second year they work you to death
The third year they bore you to death.
Strangely, law school is like a city under seize:
Everyone that is inside law school wants to get outside,
And everyone outside wants to get inside.
We are all under a hallucinogenic seize
Copyright 1997 Mark Young