I am going NUTS ! I spent three years on the LLB doing next-to-nil through out the year and then picked the topics i would revise for the exam and crammed it all in at the end of the year…
So as you can imagine it was fun, and a little hard work.
NOW each week we are thrown twillionz of books, articles, handouts, cases…this..that and the other…and exams are in January so i have to keep on top of it all…
And i’m having a hell of a time. When you have LOTS of reading to do how the hell do you cope???
I know this is more for Masters or post-grad students ..they should have an idea of what im talking about. And then i’m not ashamed to admit i feel like the thickest student in the class.
I mean, we have practising lawyers just doing top-ups etc and it is sooooooo intimidating. I mean my colleagues say well if you weren’t smart you wouldn’t be here - but i’m beginning to think i’m not smart enough.
Have you been in my position? What do you guys do?
NO sarcy replies because i’m not in the mood. Thanks.
hmm...well, i'm still an undergrad, but whenever I feel the material gets to be too much, I try not to think about the volume of it. Just focus on bulldozing through it.
I know its hard and nervewrecking. Thinking about your future paychecks helps too.
I would take weekend breaks when things got hectic, but then I dont suggest this to everyone. I skim read and can take in large volumes close to exam time so I never studied till the last minute. What I would do is set targets when I knew I had so much to read in one week. I'd plan ahead. Tell myself I need to try and cover this much in this much time. (As I knew my reading speed.) Then I'd tell myself I would reward myself with a nice lengthy break if I achieved it. I would also make sure that I sat close to or with someone who is a study-a-holic. It made me more competitive eventhough we were reading different things, and allowed me to focus. (Its psychological.) Anyway, thats what I did. I kept in mind that everyone had to read over a hundred pages a day, not to mention the reports, etc. So if others could do it, I was able to as well, and so can you. Liking it is a whole other thing. Just keep your goals in mind, plan, pace yourself and you should be fine.
Disco Ducky, I’m in grad school now doing my Master’s and the truth is that there is alot of reading involved like you predicted. And one thing I’ve noticed is that grad school textbooks have much longer chapters than undergrad texts! See, my situation is that I work full-time Mondays to Fridays and have evening classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, part-time. What I tend to do is that in the evenings that I don’t have class, I crack open those books and read as much as I can in order to be prepared for the next lecture. This way I try to get the brain-frying out of the way for the weekends which are mine! Of course it doesn’t always work out that way especially if you have termpapers and stuff to work on, but you try. :k:
ROFL!!! Kids and their grand illusions!!! LOL!! Sorry PG sweets, couldn't help it, but I found that the most hilarious statement of the century.
Colleges train u to see suchhhhhhhhhhh a big picture by the time u graduate yr head is full of it. No room for compromise. Then, when yr first job they hand u 75cents and ask u to fetch the CEO's can of coke from the machine downstairs.. reality hits u straight in the gut. Billion dollar title of Assistant to Executive Vice President, swell paycheck making you just glowwww all over... and here u are pouring coffee for the board meetings.....
Ah! They never teach u that in management school.. how to swallow yr pride...I wonder why..........
See, my situation is that I work full-time Mondays to Fridays and have evening classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, part-time. What I tend to do is that in the evenings that I don’t have class, I crack open those books and read as much as I can in order to be prepared for the next lecture. This way I try to get the brain-frying out of the way for the weekends which are mine! 
Of course it doesn’t always work out that way especially if you have termpapers and stuff to work on, but you try. :k: