(Reprint) applause - USA law school life record BY Dong Huachun (a)

Notes: very little time to listen to a song, called "applause", sung in the song
Stand alone on the stage, hear the applause sounded, my heart infinite regrets.
How many youth are not, how many feelings have changed, I still have your love.

As the first stage, hearing the sound of the first house, I can not help the tears fall down.
After many failures, how many and so on, tell yourself to endure.

The applause sounded more aware of my heart, your love will be with me; the applause sounded more aware of my heart, songs bring you my love.

From small to large, seems to have been applauded, or warm or sparse applause is each activity or meeting end, always thought that the applause mean more polite, so did not expect that one day he would have applauded to burst into tears.
December 6, 2001 at 2:45 X University, School of law, America P100 classroom, the last lesson professor Wachter's company law. He very graciously thank you to accompany him to spend a semester, we wish good luck to have good grades, I wish we have harvested in America reading life, wish our future life is smooth. He smiles at everyone's applause, bright eyes staring at us for these young face, mouth because smile bend a beautiful arc, like a blooming lotus, placid, across the grateful surface.
Originally thought to be happy free, but look very heavy three books, listened to him as he is kind and loving voice, the heart was very sad. I sat in the front row of his second, and various color classmates applaud him, nobody saw my eyes slowly tears, no one knows me applause in respect to cherish and love. If you have been a muddled flickering play a bit role actor, muddleheaded to a wonderful drama, looking at the main character in the interpretation of human joys and sorrows, oneself also do some simple actions have never been heard of since, finally slowly realized something, is obsessed with the. Suddenly the main actors say my task is finished, below the you. So you knocked down the spotlight, no one to lead you, teach you, so many viewers eyes on you, waiting for your next performance, alone and confused, so weak.
In the mist of tears, I saw how the work steadily himself into this called "USA law school study can" play to. Rather, he was not a good actor, are not familiar with the stage, do not understand the same actor, staggering along hurriedly ran to. In July 24, 2001 25, visa, flight tickets, a person 26 days fly American. No one answered, no good contact in advance. In the Detroit airport bus met past understanding of Peking University schoolmates, suddenly feel that the world is so small, sitting on her China homecoming good car, live in her room, I began my study career here.

(a) to succeed
Haven't officially start reading, was "elder" people remind frightened. LGF accompany us to run a variety of procedures after telling us to use before the start of the two day sleep bought things, otherwise "the first weekend you may not rest, to two day in the library work". ZHY said she had a year is four in the morning to sleep, eight morning, day to day on Coffee with God, always feel someone behind the whip his. Taiwan boy is solemnly said "every day you desperately need to get READING done, otherwise you will never fill." GF's advice is "don't cook wash clothes, you don't have the time, I was a day in the school of law, till 12 in the evening sitting SHUTTLE home." ZHYF said "if you only want to cope with the examination, it would be very easy, the normal reading did not finish it doesn't matter also, classes are not completely don't understand, the final look people remember OUTLINE also can test a good result. But if you really want to learn something, you must follow the teacher's schedule, you will be very miserable."
Really? Really!
Summer classes gave each of us a blow, the original law school life must come!
Summer classes from the beginning of July 30th. Holiday course is very monotonous, is four credits two basic courses, one two four five weekly morning is "Foundations of American Legal System", "U.S Legal this afternoon".
Foundations is for our international students to introduce the basic knowledge of American legal system, there are three books will be read, "Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr, and Michele Taruffo, American Civil Procedure", "B.Sharon Byrd, Introduction to Anglo-American Law and Language", "B.Sharon Byrd, Anglo-American Contract and Tort Law" and a "Emanuel's recommendation Law Outlines: Civil Procedure". Get new books from the bookstore, a bit silly, the three must read B4 format, add up to more than 800 pages. The Legal Research is relatively good, only the two, "Robert C. Berring, Finding the Law" and "the Blue Book: A Uniform System of Citation", is the main method about citation norms and information. But also add up to seven hundred or eight hundred. The holidays only a month of classes, where possible, read it out? Because Foundations content is too much, so the school decided except holidays each week four, officially opened after a week but also on the festival, November exam.
The novelty is not yet subsided, immediately by fear instead of. The first day of July, 30 's homework is reading 68 pages, oh. The body is still not liberated from the beginning to haste, spirit or lax, no mood to study, but those many words have been waiting there, like a wonderful drama, although you can not enter the state, but the curtain has been opened, the stage there.
The two "actor" in the first game of the very best, relieve my tension and discomfort.
The FOUNDATIONS professor named William Ewald, Harvard Law bachelor and master the degrees in philosophy, University of Oxford. In the Harvard and Oxford to teach. I really appreciate that he gave us the summer classes. He let me see the law professor's demeanor, quiet and elegant, he always dressed in shallow Tuo trousers, shirt and tie every day change. Band of gold rimmed glasses made me feel so fine. His habit is clutching at his shoulder, do think like, on the platform from the side walk to the side, and then slowly walked back, never read the handout. His voice is clear and smooth, always inspired and induced. We all like him very much, because he is very love to laugh, especially when there is a question, he tends to be paused, as if in thought, and then he replied with a grin, revealing two cute dimple on the face, white skin often suffused with pink light health. Sometimes, his mouth opened almost twenty seconds, as if to answer, but feel shy smile, like the children do something wrong, very frankly said he was not sure the answer. Everyone says that he has a natural noble gas. But the "smiling noble" torture them nothing soft hand.
The amount of reading for this course a little more, from the first day of the 28 pages have been added to the later every 50 pages, 70 pages, most of the day is the August 16th, even to read 124 pages. He also replacement materials, HANDOUT frequently is 30 pages. Now I understand why we have a copy of each semester fee of $65, it is to like William Ewald not meet rigorous copy choosing materials added material used. For each class, I will have a look at the floor he tells whether the white box, there is filled with supplementary material the course. Once, found no white box, very happy, tonight I can go to bed earlier. Ten minutes before the class is over, the door rang, we look at the past, there is a tall, black girl holding the carton came in, in our eyes, walked to the podium, gently, put down the box, my dream shattered!
His lecture organized very clear, very slow, very easy to understand, but he often paoti not far place, often we try to read something he never mentioned a word, and he talked about the things we have not seen, and notes remember a good hard. Especially hated him "beautiful" writing on the blackboard, around to go around, like the bloom on a white background with black flowers, I opened my eyes to the limit also identify not clear their sequence of events. I sat beside the Turkey Sezer, I had to turn to look at his notes, but he also scribbled notes, no way, after class always stay with his control. I envy those with notebook computer class notes, but he is not willing to put the computer back, plus the book, it is too heavy a burden

Relatively speaking, Legal Research is not a big amount of reading. Read a chapter, ranging from about 30-50 page. The teacher is Ron Day, in 1967 he took a BA in English in North Carolina, 1971 and got master degree in English in 1975 Indiana University, took the book management science master degree in Columbia University, where in 1989 took JD. in charge of the library resource management and research has been 25 years and have taught 11 years Legal Research. if Ewald is a love of laughter teacher here, Day is a love make us laugh teacher. He is not tall, but also some fat, belly always get out, when he often goes pointing screen, a lovely arc is exposed in front of us. He has no Ewald demeanor, but he is particularly enthusiastic. Always wear red or green T-shirts, curled hair back behind go behind the glasses, the eyes eagerly desire, like a young man. His voice is very loud and long, like singing, but his body with sound intense tilt or front bow, bow. Like to hear him say "now" this word, he will read as "wonderful" and the "bird" slur, but with a long tail, his hands delightedly mutual pat, together. His eyes turned to the notebook computer. This course is divided into three classes, the SECTION only 20 people, we easily cooked, he actually started from the first lesson is very hard to remember our name, so after the third class of class I spoke to him without hesitation he called out my name.
Whether Day is so cute, we are afraid of this course, job is too tired too tired, destroy our summer vacation every. The first work is an introductory Essay, only an hour. But the second operations that we got a fright. The 30 problem let us first weekend in summer in the library, from the two floor to the five floor, holding the bricks in book search, check the case, write the answer. But I think a good novel, first learn to west's supreme court reporter to find the case, see the complete opinion, will summarize the holding, know what is the standard blue book citation, know what is parallel to the citation, know what is called "dissenting", "concuring" opinion, west group know how to headnotes number, their topic and key. Day not only let us use this reporter, he allows us to be familiar with and use the United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers'Edition. this job is really too much, but also check the West's Federal Practice Digest and ALR Index, he actually wants us to retrieve the malpractice suicide and euthanasia cases, according to his question to answer, desperately to find the book called American Jurisprudence 2nd book, oh, never had so many law books, a more than a thick, a more than a heavy. Finally did the last question, was the last one to get the needed book Corpus Juris Secundum, students on the corner stairs and talking, suddenly out of the corner of his eye light finds someone took my book, exclaimed, "that is my!" That's me from others to wait two hours to get it. With the book is Anthony of Israel, see I exaggerated facial expressions, he hastened to laugh "just kidding." cough, the mind has been DAY blacked out, can't find the book is unable to come up with the answer, and we are in use, so to get a book is good fun, where there is a mood with him. He told me he knew so tired not to read, but the first weekend the bubble in the library. And because the make the case, then the answer, so it can't be like the others case, otherwise it is too obvious, this means that really want to own. Listened to his complaints, comfort he said maybe we will feel the tuition money well spent.
I'm honestly from Friday afternoon to Sunday night in the library before, Sunday night 11:30 to the back room of the repair work done finally, to Westlaw DAY to find the article, put all the answers into the computer, see the full six pages of paper from the printer has been the Monday morning 2:30. With her red eyes check that there are no mistakes. Just know this is life the most hard work, it is their efforts
The third operation is relatively better, because you and DAY negotiation, please he put the question to our mailbox on Wednesday. Although the weekend to take in, but not the first time so hard. This is about the use of WESTLAW and consolidate, because I chose a securities law case, so make up with time, although more than two days, but not tired, but very happy, it really should be a phrase "interest is the best teacher". What is interesting is that DAY let us in the first topic to write legal problems to study in their own language. How could he understand? He gave me his is a big "beautiful" here, leaving behind two exclamation points, and then mysteriously asked: "Chinese can write such beautiful words?" In a conversation later he said Chinese like flowers, Chinese is the world's most intelligent, so you can remember such a complicated word. I laughed, he felt like a kid sensitive and surprise.
I like most is I do homework fourth times, super efficiency. In order to strengthen exchanges between students, DAY let two people in a group to do. In August 20th, the others have handed in your homework, and I Partner, India Tarana, the weekend to Paris, so I can only wait for her to come back, heart very anxious. Some people are mostly used for two more days, so you do something. Think of her as much as I was very anxious, just came back from Paris to pull me into the library. This is the training we use LEXIS, DAY let us pick one to your country client's case, no case in India, so we chose to do a Chinese defendant. Even after six hours, I finished. Is completely inside in a highly nervous state. When she called and told me we got "EXCELLENT", I was very excited, surprised.
Never forget that sentence "the fifth and final work to DAY when he said someone else is doing the homework for me, it's for you". Yes, I spent another two times longer to complete, in addition to answer his questions also additionally checked a lot of information, at the same time give a paper the preparation of their own material, selected is a securities law issues. August 27th saw the elder sister back, hurt the repair work the last, until more than two finish. The second day gave him when he said pleasantly surprised I did detailed than others, and got his "EXCELLENT", this is "well deserved".

(two) thousands of mansions, only seven feet
In the summer, for me, let me the most headaches is not DAY operation, but they give energy to run around the house.
When July 26th arrived, Assignment Office told me I didn't apply to school Graduate Tower, namely Sansom East and West apartment building dedicated to the study of living. So the dwellings became my biggest problem. In the world there were the first week. The second grade of CHY practice in California, let me temporarily live in him, SANSOM EAST1401. In front of people told me I couldn't live too far, because the law school work very tired, books are heavy, in the school will be a very long time, running will be very tired. But the full campus hurried are looking for a house, smart housing Proxy Companies and private owners are not willing to bring down prices. Near the price of scary expensive. You accept the price and far more terrible, beyond the school security department said "security zone", to law school to walk more than 40 minutes.
Every day hold books to law school class T214 room, on the road to see the Blue Elephant Painting day, said to myself, hope this house would have landed. "Thousands of Mansions", I just want to "seven feet sleep", is so difficult? After class, put your book and hurriedly go in the room to see the house, seven August sun dried up run to me, the weather here is incredibly than Beijing heat. He therefore quickly than students familiar with the campus, know more and more and the tips market constantly for a supply of sth., but still did not find a satisfactory house.
The class China students live in the school, I was sympathetic to ask "have you found the house to see every day?" So I thought "no fixed abode" this word, suddenly reminded of the snail, to be a little snail, back home, stopped at the law school, not hard to run.
The house involved me too much energy, really want to end. He posted online news to find ROOMMATE, found JH. She is 01 year at the South China University of Technology graduates, and I was born in the same year, school buildings. Two people together to see the house, efficiency a lot faster. Finally in August 7th, the signing of the contract.
That was not a few days, in August 17th the school told me that they gave me a house, lease from the beginning of September 1st, I have to accept, or to pay a $250 fine. Went to the office to argue with them, when I went to three, and they tell me without my, clearly says I can through the housing company find out, but now it says that my answer is not their head office staff, I have not got the exact message authorization in the rent, so in the Chinese when a good sign and send it to their contract is still valid, which I have to accept their conditions, they can have no house to me, but once I must, or pay a fine. Very angry, is the failure of their work, wasted my time and effort, but now is my responsibility.
No time no mood to haunt this thing, feel funny, first is not the house, now have two houses, it is life, the plot at. I had to get a house SUBLETE out, so the day to keep in the online message, call. Finally in August 30th, JH found one of her sister for her ROOMMATE, in the Housing Corporation to change the original contract, sign a contract with us SCOTT and I make fun of said he saw me more than any meet my girlfriend. What idea is there? I do not want this time repeatedly.
When I finally admitted to the SANSOM EAST1228 room, there is the feeling of home, about a month before with this place, it is not easy. In contrast, the issue of eating is easier.
First come a few days has been in TRUCK to buy food. In the SANSOM near the 38 street where there are several trucks sold in various countries, food, they will be in the car, in the window to sell. A selling Chinese called "ORIENTAL FOOD", always reminds me of the New Oriental, Fujian is the clear thin, boss, money was a little girl, shy. Because often go, quickly and they cooked up. They had stayed here for six years without a home, want to make money almost home, never to do it. Admire their determination, in a foreign land to survive, they have to overcome many lonely people can not imagine and hard. In the kind of LGF CHINATOWN to accompany me to buy a lot of spices, essential goods and food, I began to cook with a small electric furnace in 1401. Pots and pans knife from home all came in handy, he surprised me with something so complete, even including a bag of salt. Yes, I brought a few clothes a few, two boxes of most of the space is full of life activities. Early know their own meals, cheap and convenient, time is not wasted, when reading gap the rest of the. A girl come earlier envy me, she said she ate half a year TRUCK dishes, eat to be spat, it is monotonic, every day is the same, not out of tricks. Catch up with the person, have to wait a long time. But she can't cook, so I had to do every day, so feel very happy. The house and eating problems are solved, but also to officially opened on August 28th, finally can put one's heart and soul into reading.

(three) birds of feather
I believe that each reading in the USA School of law are the two words of "hard" and "pressure" is a perceptual knowledge. If a person studying here doesn't feel tired so only one explanation: he did not try to.
I chose the company law himself like this semester (Corporations) International Financial Law (International Finance) accounting method (Accounting), legal writing (Legal Writing), plus holidays two courses and four credits, including 15 credits.
Company law weekly two four five afternoon 1:30 to 2:45 in the P100 class this semester is my most important lessons. Professor Michael L. Wachter, William B. Johnson Professor of Law and Economics; Co-Director of the Institute for Law and Economics, B.S. 1964 Cornell; M.A. 1967 Harvard; Ph.D. 1970 Harvard., is the economic law labor law experts. Chinese girl recognized Wachter is all the teacher this semester the most handsome, compared to Ewarld temperament is good, but the man is too strong. Wachter is really let us down, he is very tall, at least 1 meters 85, three of the heavy book in his hand is like a thin paper. Always wearing his favourite black suit, white shirt clean to harsh. His eyes but not very bright, he is always so elegant and peaceful. He is very loving smile, always gave us problems, like a teasing the kids after the adult, mercy, waiting, sing one's own praises. His back is always very very straight, all actions are not anxious not to. He doesn't like the teacher, but as a command, leading us to picking out melodies in complexity.
Although the teacher let us be good to hear or see, textbooks are called. Light is the case of casebook is A4 paper 1421 pages, the book has 1725 pages and A4 paper, third this is the new supplementary case this year 100. Every class will hold three books to the classroom, so that students meet when I talk, said "you also choose the company law in the law school?" The kind of compassion and respect that I feel is the most effort to students in the world. In the elevator, dormitory, see three people with the same book, knew everyone chose the company law, endure the same sufferings, so many close, not perception will chat.
The amount of reading the company law is the biggest, if read 30 pages you light up with pleasure that is the least. The first problem is not remember so many case FACTS, often after class, behind the JJ will ask me what the judge is in favor of the plaintiff or defendant. The most unforgettable read United States v. O'Hagan's case. In the library, the amount is not big, but the Supreme Court's decision to write too round, judge there patiently analysis American SFC 14e-3 (a) is ultra vires, or disclose the insider information not entrusted with the responsibility of the securities law rules of 10B, 10b-5. This is a classic case of creating new rules, so the analysis of very fine, strict language, citing precedents are. Only reading can things I not to read like Chinese so precise and familiar, spent two hours to be crystal clear, but the speed could not read the end of the day's reading, there are so many things to see. Have a look table, anxious to tears. Understand "woolly headed" is the best state.
Legal Research teacher Day recommended we see this summer USA film "Legally Blonde", said about the law students to real life. No time to see. But to see people who tell me the heroine called Elle Woods, she went to Harvard Law School on the first day of class, the teacher asked, she could not answer, so the teacher said "so that students are eligible to stay in the room?" Students said no, and she had to have his and shame to go out. Although not be banished, but the tension and fear in my company law course to understand.
Know that the initial "CALL ON" (named Wachter) is from here, we fear that he named fear to almost speechless. He took us to the seating chart on the podium, textbooks aside never opened, finished a question he bent down and looked at the table. All eyes were gazing at his mouth. I'm afraid he called his name. Still, the whole room is quiet. He called the name of a person, so I heard a lot of people breathe easier. Called the strained to not know what was wrong, so almost everyone will ask him to repeat the question. Because of the great quantity of reading, so the school often not timely from his mind suddenly pulled out a piece of a certain content of so many cases, so when he questions specific to offer a share of money, to answer the question of poor people are always looking for a long time to. Then the teacher improvement strategies, first call, then ask. In this way, all the more nervous. Once I saw a boy because USA couldn't answer the question embarrassed to face the red. In front of people told me that the teacher is very good, generally called America students, don't call us these foreign students, but still can not rest assured. WH one day rushed to the podium to tell him that she didn't want to ask, because my English is not good get nervous, he even put her name to the mark, promise. I? Tell myself not to give up the challenge, good preparation, should not answer not to come out. But it is still a little afraid of being named, because you never know that the professor will which leaves out in this case forest ask you a vein and its texture.

International financial law is the term on their own hard lesson. It is a 3 credit course, but as the 4 class every week and even up to three, four or five on Wednesday morning to the 8:30 to the 9:45T145 room is my most painful moment. Because of the frequent reading until the small hours of the morning to get up in the morning, so difficult. Hurry from bed pulled himself out of the classroom, have a drowsy look, ten times and nine times are going to be late. In this lesson we will be late, so don't explicitly myself particularly rude. The class most people will drink Coffee eating breakfast to listen. The teacher also used. But once wake up incredibly is 9:30, a cold sweat, there have been over. It is not, because get out of bed and missing a class.
Professor Friedrich K. Kubler 1932 was born in Germany Reutlingen, Dr.iur 1961 University of Tubingen; Habil. l966 University of Tubingen; M.A. 1985 Pennsylvania, comparative law, international banking, the common market, and mass media law of the expert. He looks like the Germans, with strict and rigid. Small eyes, he read a book through the glasses, but look at us but without glasses, glasses on the bridge of the nose is very low, always like to fall down, look straight at us from above glasses. Voice with a German accent, hard, slowly, strange. Whether hot or cold, he is always wearing a suit, tie color and gray and dark, hard paste on the shirt, his back is always very very straight, the whole people like a hard edge posted on the board's paper-cut. He did not move from class to class less chance to, occasionally write some writing on the blackboard, and books are some data and charts. So I'm used to class and do not see him read a book.
International Financial Law 1694 pages of A4 paper, is not the case, mainly presents the background, so it is very dull and boring, large amount of information. Read interesting company law of things, but this is very empty. The author of the book behind every paragraph or section will have a "notes and questions", will speak some supplementary materials, and then put a lot of problems, no answer. Kubler in class occasionally talk about these issues, but few give the answer, he will ask some questions. His problem is sometimes too far, the students will remind him, he will apologize again. And so a toss about, feel a head full of mark. He doesn't like appearance that stereotype, laugh, but laugh to let people do not relax, because you smile with him always in fear, and there will be many problems below?
This book each reading task is very heavy, Kubler always say next Wednesday classes will tell how many, so you can't know ahead of his class in due will be where, the only choice is to put the three day at the weekend are read out. Most of the time is the financial derivatives that chapter, there are actually 177 pages. Read the company law is the more I think understand, read the international finance is the read more feel the problem.
In the domestic research of international economic law, especially in international financial law, ordinarily I here should be very easy. Indeed, the first two chapters about American securities banking supervision, I listen to eat with appetite, because the original wrote this article, and my teacher learned a lot of things. So tell their students love class is the international financial law, the most hated company law.
But the roller coaster, from the beginning of October, I have felt the pain more than curiosity. This book explores the attention to the law level does not significantly more than the analysis of the technical level and economic level, so sometimes reads well boring, such as when the preview options, several maps I looking at books on a hours, just understand the call and put options, long-term and short-term, to understand the book nine charts on the price impact and significance. The knowledge structure of teachers will ignore the system we read and focus on one point, discuss an endless, he treated us as experts. For example, the international asset securitization chapter, I see a lot of things at home, I read a 63 page book this, think they understand the class, he asked the difference between "pass trough" and "pay through" two ways of operation. Analysis of BHP of the complex case, the other content that we read, not to mention a word.
I am painfully notes, each question to ponder the teacher, but sometimes just figured this one, he has to jump to the next. Very much like to ring the long-distance race, I ran, all around are the people, due to fatigue and inertia has not know their location, just subconsciously wanted to go beyond the front man, but sometimes they don't really in front of me, but less than I run a lap, but I didn't have time to judge, just want to run, beyond, beyond, run. This lesson is this kind of feeling, just want to follow him, he has a question, I have no time to determine how long he intends to use to discuss, just know to want to understand, and so on, my mind is still running on the track, he started another round of back. Well, good pain.
My right hand deskmate is American Michael, the third grade JD, he hardly what lessons this term, and has been looking for the next job after graduation. He learned the good relaxed, never bring my textbook, but the teacher say what he knows. And I, textbooks, notebooks, in English financial securities dictionary, instant dict, abbreviation list issued by the teacher, the heap of the table. I was taking notes, he does, play cards at my side side on the computer side, taking notes, but when the teacher asks a question, he is more than I think fast, often rushing up my hand to answer questions in class, is to speak the most convincing students, even once the teacher answer not a problem for him to solve students. Others are very good, every class took his notes to send EMAIL to me, I look at his notes and review the content inside at home. He is not really exciting, no matter how hard I tried, I still can't make him do a job with skill and ease, a problem also asked him, perhaps this is the language and the mode of thinking.
On Sunday October 28th the end of summer time, nine normal that day eight points, I read a book to the library, found in the door because the door between the law school time adjustment is not normal. Kubler came to make fun of, he said I want to go in to read his international financial law, he helped me with the key to open the door, said I was a good student. Unfortunately, the guard is a highly principled black, too early to say I have to go back. Frustrated, Kubler comfort me, let me go home reading, and that the next week to exempt me he promises not to question me. Really? Tread. He returned to Germany two times, so there are two Saturday time course not, when he and we bid farewell to say "You can survive this weekend". Yeah, survived! Without his reading assignments, life is really happy ah.

Every week two afternoon 4:50 to 6:40 on the T213 Accounting method of accounting is not very heavy, preview task usually spend three or four hours is done.
Professor Jeffrey F. Brotman. is a very special person. The body is extremely strong and flexible, full of vitality. The eyes are black, deep down, rugged face is very bright, like his character. He always wore hanging two strap trousers, two bands of black is he kept changing shirt fixed embellishment and scenery. He never read the notes, but the two hands are seldom idle. His class a habitual action is often used two hand strap hanging pants. When I heard America professors to give lectures in the classroom can easily and freely, from him who is clearly to experience.
The first lesson is that the teacher is out of the ordinary. The T213 classroom of exceptionally high, than in the first row of the table is smaller then a little bit. He quickly talk introduces us to this class, stood in the first row of table, started on the table from here to there, we sit in the first row of the man's head, only to see that he and swinging walking caused by blast tie. He only took ten minutes to summarize to learn this semester, then said the class. Let out pen and paper ready to take notes of our surprise and joy.
Later learned their lesson, don't sit in the first row, afraid because he was too tired to look up to. He never got here when the classroom, did not regard themselves as "graceful bearing should be" professor. At the place he will rise from the first row of the table gently leapt backwards to sit to the platform's desk, two legs like a child dangling, hand on either side of the body on the table. Eyes roved from each one of us faces. All his movements are faster than people later, suddenly jumped from table to the floor, picked up a pen to write a few words of points in a hurry in the blackboard. Then back to his desk.
We never know what his curious action. Sometimes he will stand on the platform floor lecture, but few. Even so, he will not be quiet, often speaking classes with both hands lifting desk, move a few centimeters, up and down, does not affect his mouth the surging river. Even his question is often scary. The first formal lecture later, he suddenly asked American student JOE, what brand of computer is he is, if we sell sell how many money, then asked him how much money the students willing to. When listening to eat with appetite in all of us, he told us that this relates to assets evaluation, if the inventory, relates to the depreciation.
He speaks quickly, like prose, prose in the loose form not scattered, but we often in scattered form can't find God class. Preview the things he rarely speak, just to mention two went to speak he obtained from the practice experience and some case, don't care if we rely on self-study master book on the basic principles and accounting methods. He is the assumption that we all understand, and then to give up. The first lesson, he also said the book back to the exercises of the answers, then stop talking, let us go to the library to borrow. In this way, we don't expect him to teach us how to detail, hear are summarized. Sometimes, really does not adapt, self-study hasn't digest, a set of things went up. Every class everyone complain, don't understand, don't understand, don't understand. Go home to see to find the feeling.

Legal Writing three afternoons a week only once, but the task is still very heavy. Due to the analysis of the case, try to use English to express the thinking and logic, we can listen to these foreign students can read but it's hard to think in American law school and writing requirements.
The teacher called Bhamati Viswanathan, in the original Columbia Law School of Columbia University with JD, and work in a law firm in New York for a few years, has a wealth of experience. She is a beautiful black tall and slim, big and bright eyes, full of surprises and enthusiasm, voice like singing the same moving, inspiring strong. She loved each and every one of us alone, to analyze our article. Never thought that she is so patient, she would write a COMMENTS to everyone every job, every problem for everyone to write her feelings, and sometimes even to fill two pages. She is a teacher and classmates, and therefore she spoke very casually. And her private conversation is the most happy when I, can ask her questions, can hear her detail, she is so talkative and kind, in the warmth of her office, she would produce coke and snacks to entertain me, answer my question, and I exchange for this semester learning experience.
Boil a night modify write text, lived in another case in mind, it is too tired. Every homework this course is a challenge. Do the chart, do OUTLINE, write a draft, and her conversation, modify, conversation, and then modify the.
We are not used to remember the different cases of time and every important detail, always remember all, but they ignore many key discussion. The first job "client letter" is about "false imprisonment", about our customer Gordon Kaplan took the children to go to the store to buy shoes, he took a pair of old shoes samples. After paying him back to wait for the child, took the old shoes into the pocket of his coat, the store clerk thought he didn't pay so loudly people stealing shoes. So the guard took the poor Gordon into storage separate room questioned, as he explained it is just old shoes, security apologized to let him leave. But the Gordon that their rights have been violated. We as a lawyer for his analysis of the likelihood of success and should request the compensation. A very simple case, but Kentucky has provisions on "shopkeeper's privilege", giving the store can be questioned and certain privileges to the customer.
She gave five relevant cases, clearly remember the day the sun is very good, his weekend time to analyze these cases, to sit in front of the library lawn see. The mind is full of images of jumping. Too much information, look up and have a look at the warm sunshine. Like walking in a forest, eyeful of green, but was unable to determine which tree is to find their own. People say "do not see the wood for the trees", I saw the forest, can not find the trees need.

To see the forest, no trees, four courses for me is this kind of feeling. The green book there, I am like a struggling fish, hard to swim, but only 24 hours a day, may I know what a chapter in reading, but I can't put all things to be crystal clear. If you do not know the class will be confused, old things without digestion, new things went up, no time to look back at the original. Life is like an old bicycle chain, circle rotates, the pain of a creaking sound. Pain, sad, frustrated, or have confidence in here like a broken winged bird.

(four) on stage ten minutes, stage takes ten years
Really can not stand this kind of frustration, ask yourself, really can not cope with the district four class? From the beginning of October, I was carrying a bag with a cup with a laptop computer hurried through a library of the law school students, began to the library every day in the home, say to yourself "reading! Read!" Now just understand I ZHY said as if every day someone behind him holding a whip in the pumping, pumping me behind, name is "not admit defeat".
In addition to the class, we never used to reading books in the classroom to study, because there is enough space and place for you in the library. We often make fun of each other every semester to law school library to pay $180 in management fees, if not to study here, sorry my money.
Each layer has a different style. There are separated by a separate room, can be locked himself in reading; there is a large open desk; and one cubicles relatively independent position; a can sit sofa. So those who live off campus were almost to the library as a home, have something to bring in eating; often see someone put your feet on the table, frowning very devoted reading; some people fall asleep on the sofa, is next to the painting full of books; some people sitting directly to the carpet last, a drink and turning tool. All the people are relaxed here, in the way they like and attitude of reading. The administrator will never bother us, we are very conscious to maintain health and order, although not sit square, but everyone immersed in his book. I often feel, good library not by rules, but by the book to attract people, there is magic, let us be willing to one day all the time spent here.
The library all seats are lamps and socket alone, law school students are in the habit of taking notes with a notebook computer, so you can put the computer into the library. Especially in the exam eve, almost everyone is in use, the keyboard sound into the museum's "beautiful music". But one day I finally was the "music" noise can not read the book, even for four seats. During the summer vacation, a Taiwan student lost notebook computer in the library, since then, everyone was afraid to leave the computer, had to leave the book on the table, holding a notebook computer. Do not know whether there is such a grand occasion other library: almost every station in the toilet are holding their own computer, and people say hello, waiting for.
Often go to the library to the people will have their own relatively fixed. A lot of people are like large area in four layers, there are extremely large hardwood furniture, facing the wall of large glass windows, see the "intermediate" font, grass, trees, fountains and chat in the chair of the students. The five layer in the corresponding to this area place is empty, so the sun directly from the diamond glass window five roof photograph. I usually to this layer to read, the original is sitting here in the chair, later found some sofa by the window, go there then, the people and the scenery outside is separated by a layer of glass, so that the law school belongs to me, all of the book all the scenery are to me, read a book more efficiently. But because the night too late, so sometimes during the day and sleep on the sofa. Let her sit those hardwood chair, so the day is always in the surrounding 431 separate seat reading, I looked up to see the scenery outside and distant three signs of steeple building, having peace of mind was very. I belong to the five layer of the 567 that seat, a choice here is because of like this, the more important is the Scout all seat found here to see the night view is the most beautiful, flashing neon accompany me through a hard night. When the boy from Argentina who are hooked on this seat, two times I came late, he has been accounted for. So he and I launched the competition, than who earlier, he sat there, I will give a smile to him, be depressed; I sat there he would shrug, waving. Although never said a word, but think about every day will enter the library door, he's not in it!
Reading in the library, the best is to meet the students, we discuss problems together, encourage each other. Three the first grade of the Chinese JD, their home to the library, in addition to the middle to the classroom to cope with this semester five door of the 4 basic course and eat, rest time in here. The school offers free SHUTTLE for all live off campus students, before three a.m. also can call BUS and security escort home, so although they live far away, but is usually left at 12 p.m. when.
Every life is the dormitory, library; the road every day monotonous to close their eyes to follow. Every time out of the library, see arrangement there from green to yellow to red tree, I feel satisfied, they are my audience, they lined up to welcome me to work steadily ground goes to the scholarly.

Years later recalled this period of time, deeply printed in my brain and in the school corridor a wheeled bags.
Don't remember what day it is, see Singapore Debora pull a suitcase on wheels in front for the guard asked her student ID, travel back from where, she said this is her bag. Because the book was too heavy, not move back, so had to pull. Oh, startled, but think is really a clever way.
USA law school textbooks used mostly by "Foundation Press" published a "University Casebook Series", dark green color is in the middle of a rectangular crimson, with golden yellow to write the title and author. All the books are of the same design, same A4 paper size. Usually a course with a book, 300 pages to 1000 pages ranging.
Every person in this semester is four door to five classes every day, usually on the two door. International financial law I chose the book of 1694 pages; the accounting method of the book is thin, only 286 pages; legal writing 507 pages. The most terrible is the company law. A total of three books, light is the case for casebook is A4 page 1421, the regulations of a book with 1725 pages, while the third is the new 100 page supplement this year. We live in the school dormitory is very near the school of law, can each class before the class from the room holding the book out, but most people want to live off campus with a Book of days to come to class, do not be carrying a book. What shall I do?
Law school to give us a "lockers" in the ground floor Basement room for many, there is a cabinet to everyone, below long clothes, books on the top, this will reduce the burden on us. Then we read in the above, below the cupboard book quietly waiting for us. Most often, a class, put the book on the locker, take a book to the library to read, read to the class time and then went to the classroom. My locker is light blue, 1041 is the number, just in the library every day here, took the book from there, take the elevator directly to the two floor at the entrance to the library, so it's very convenient. Once the 1042 next to me not to lock his cabinet, I even a curious glance, know that he (she) is JD, the book not only fill the cabinet, but also to its place is filled. In three years, how to endure the super pressure and burden?
But Lockers doesn't solve all our problems. We usually read a little more to the night, it was also extended to 3 in the morning, at four o'clock, the law school is closed by 12 p.m.. In this way, some of the books or the need to bring home to read.
Living off campus, people don't have the same convenience. JD sometimes a day to four courses, from morning to night, there is no time to go home to get the book, on the lockers can not read in school. So many people choose the debora approach, the morning took the suitcase to the 8:30 class, more than 11 pm and then pulled back home.
The most spectacular scenery from the beginning of October. The second grade JD in the internship for next summer, every day in the class I will interview, the boys have to wear the black suit, girls wear black dress. The end of the interview to change clothes, then took the box to the classroom, so the corridor are these suits people be in a hurry to depart. The first time I saw thought they came to participate in what what meeting from the distant place, then know that the truth is used. I'm on international financial law deskmate aladdine interned at the White House, she also participated in a series of firms interview this year, because this class is 8:30 in the morning, so she wear plain clothes to come to class, the dress and the book packed together into the box, 10:00 after hurriedly ran to the interview. She told me she after only five minutes of time to change clothes, after the interview also ran to another class, like Ganchang star.
Perhaps each of us is in the journey of life took the suitcase to hasten to the fair, this is called Penn law school is the place where we most spacious stage.