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July 31, 2008
I am da law
IMG_3738: Amateur Radio Test Takers, originally uploaded by ac4lt.
Okay folks, sorry about that. I've spent the past two weeks living in a hole, as I did last-minute preparation for the bar exam. Those people, as you might guess, are not bar exam takers. Rather, they are taking the Ham radio test. I didn't know you needed to take a test to be a ham radio operator.
Anyway, the bar exam last two days. I felt pretty good after the first day, which was all essay. The second day was a 200-question multiple choice test, and I left the room not feeling so hot. Basically, there were a lot of questions where I narrowed it down to the two plausible answers, and then was not certain which was the better answer. The bar examiners like to be tricky, because they will often put in two answers that are technically correct, but one is a stronger argument. I wasn't too pleased with that, but everybody has to take the same test.
I won't find out if I passed until October, so until then I am basically a vagabond. I quit my job to study for the test, and now I will have to spend the next few months worrying about whether I passed. I do have several things in my favor, though: 85% of test-takers pass the bar, and in order to pass you need the equivalent of a D-plus, after it gets curved. Therefore, the bar exam will be the first time I'd ever be ecstatic to get a C-minus. Dear Lord, I don't ask for much - can I please get that C?
entry no. 1189
Posted at July 31, 2008 11:02 PM