I go to a top 15 law school, and all of the students are self centered spoiled brats.  Any idea why?
201634
I work for lawyers and every summer a law student will clerk at our office.  Law students like to treat the paralegals and legal assistants like we are trash. They get drunk on the idea that we HAVE to help them and think they weild some power over us.  But, the problem is not exclusive to law students.  They get worse after they pass the bar.  Lawyers are some of the most hateful people to work for.  If you think your peers are bad now, wait till they start working at a big firm....they turn into even bigger a-holes!
26041
You know I haven't figured that out either. I am the smartest girl in my grade so the way the those kinds of girls act is really annoying and immature to me. At my school a lot of the teachers suck up to these kind of people so I have no idea.
267587
Omg, my friends did the same thing, but they are just kidding around.  They always make fun of me because they think I'm a perfectionist, but I'm actually not one at all.  Just laugh it off and if it really starts bugging you, pull them aside and tell them you're not going to dumb yourself down just to get the same grades as them, but you'd be happy to help them if they need it!
539634
maybe you're nervous because you're aware that the whole class is listening to you and subconsciously, you're afraid to make mistake .Or you're just being too self-conscious about it. We all have the same quality more or less, people wanting to make good impressions, when the irony of it is that you have to make mistakes to be a better person.
301103
its a damn shame really. A teacher cannot discipline her students cause of liberalism of todays world. Remember these kid when you get older and remember who did this. Not to students but the liberals. You keep getting good grades and being a good student. Its good to know that there are at least some kids still trying out there.
587133
With many high school students so apathetic about their high-school education (it seems like the majority) the higher education organizations need to decide the ones who will will benefit the most or who has the drive to be a student. The SATs and ACTs are a way of measuring this but of course there are limitations with this approach.
371018
I've noticed that also. People at the top of their class get rewarded for their grades, or for being teachers' favorites. Some people try very hard, yet no one ever recgonizes it. I know (from experience) that people don't need to try very hard to be the top of their class, or even grade, but some people I know work extremely hard to get the 85% on the test, but some people who study for a few minutes get the 95% and get congratulated.\n\nEffort needs to be rewarded too.
486361
Yeah...welcome to the land of the free. This type of conduct is why we Americans are great. Thats why we have these lovely things like Columbine and a host of other student killing students over the years. You see my African friend...just because an American kid goes to school doesn't mean that he or she learn anything. I mean why should they? That's an adult responsibility.\n\nYou're better than them all. Every last one of them. My advice to you is this. Absorb all of the education you can. Take advantage of any oppurtunity the United States of America gives you and run with it. You'll see. The best part of finishing high scholl is all the worms whov'e treated you lousy are divorced, alcoholics or working in dead end jobs making Ipods for some company. making them mind you....not designing because that takes brains.\nMark my words....you'll be splitting atoms or looking for a cure for cancer and after a good days work you'll stop in the local 7-11 for a couple gallons of gas and a cup of coffee and guess who'll be making ice slushies behind the counter? Yep...thats right! An old class mate.\nHead down to the local restaraunt with you spouse for dinner and guess who'll be working the valet lot? Oooo..another classmate. Finally...you get a flat tire on the way home. Call for a tow truck and guess who shows up to bust the tire and change it for you? Yep...you guessed it.\n\nDon't give up hope. You're hands above the rest. You have class and brains. As hard as it may be you must remember you're dealing with people of a lesser intelligence level.
73191
why do they need to be from Harvard yes it is prestigious but there are plenty of good lawyers who did not go there.  interview some lawyers and go the BAR ASSOCIATION and see if they have any complaints.  Also see what their track record is like.
222229
Sixth graders can be very moody and oppositional. They are impulsive and this can sometimes appear as rudeness, they just say whatever pops into their heads. If you have a classroom climate where there is a lot of rudeness it is usually because it has become "cool" to be so. The ringleader might be the only truly rude one, he/she might have family or emotional problems and the others are mimicking him as they can tell it is a way to gain power over the adults or other children. They are not inherently rude beings, but they want desperately to fit in and be cool. This is the beginning of the peak of cliques.\n\nThey are very self-absorbed, and things are only important if they are important to them, at that moment. They love to argue and disagree as a way of showing their independence. They are still children and they have limited areas of power, but they can disagree with you, and they will.\n\nThey have extremes of emotion and can be cruel to eachother. They can sound like adults, and sometimes it is easy to assume they think like adults and know what they are doing, but they generally do not think as clearly as we do. They love humor in any form.\n\nIn class they will generally respond better to new information and activities than the overload of review they can sometimes get at this level.
400361
There always seems to be girls like this in school. Her meanness will show through eventually. There was a popular girl in my college class once who everyone seemed to idolize. She was really mean to me. Invited everyone to a party but not me. At the end of the year party, which she couldn't attend, everybody let out all their anger and frustration about her. Seems I wasn't the only one she was mean to. I was kind of mad because it made my year awful and somebody could have told me. Anyway, hang in there. Don't do anything stupid. Her karma will get her in the end.
493351
I'm an instructor at a community college. I wish I had more students like you. Here are some of the conclusions I have come to. First, many of the students are there for reasons other than learning. Many of my younger students are there because their parents have issued ultimatums making them choose to work or go to school. For some reason they think school is easier and choose that option. Second, too many students come out of high school under prepared for college. They don't know how to organize their time, study effectively, or take notes. Third, our society has moved away from the idea of personal responsibility. Everyone is so worried about blaming others for their faults or believing that everyone else is responsible for their learning. They don't understand that the only person responsible for them is them. I am a facilitator of learning but I do not have the power to just give them knowledge. From talking to my friends at other colleges (4 year state and private) they are seeing the same trends albeit not on the same scale.
409767
I think grades are most affected by bad parents who do not instill good study habits on the children.  These are the same parents that blame teachers, blame society, blame everything in the world but themselves.  Studying is nothing more than a reflection of work ethic - if parents have none, then they don't foster it in their children, and the kids do badly.  That in turn is reflected in an inability to form critical thinking as an adult.  I think it has very little to do with location.  \n\nCase and point are those people who respond with such defensiveness that their post are totally illogical.  Talk about a lack of critical thinking skills.  You know who I'm talking about.
80237
my dear . . . I am soooo sorry.\n\nYour mother is being a jealous . . . possessive b****.\n\nMost parents want their children to succeed . . . but there are a rare few . . . that will try to hold their children back because they don't want them to do better than they have.\n\nWhat is your plan regarding college . . . will you be moving into a dorm.  Probably getting a part time job . . . did you get a scholarship?  The best thing for you . . . is to get out of that negative environment.  I know it is scary . . . but you can do it . . . and you should do it.\n\nIf you are unable to move out . . . just reply back to her . . . just because I am trying to do something better in my life . . . which you could not do yourself. . . either . . . encourage me or butt out . . . because I won't quit and I don't want to be a loser like you.\n\nWell maybe not in those exact words.  But I think you get my meaning.\n\nTake care of yourself.
548112
I happen to be a lawyer.  I was somewhat older when I started law school (30), so there wasn't an illusion of showing up to save the world from all of the injustices, however, I wanted to be really good at what I did.  After working in private practice for 4 years, I struck out on my own.  It has been a struggle to establish a solid client base, but I love being my own boss, getting to pick and choose what cases I want to take, and setting my own hours.  It really gives me a lot more time to spend with my family.  Not the typical burning the midnight oil scenario.  What I truly despise are the people who stereotype the entire legal profession as power hungry, greedy, blood sucking vultures.  That is entirely untrue, and while there are unsavory persons in any profession, many attorneys in my community are truly concerned and caring individuals who volunteer their time on many occasions to help those less fortunate.  Enough said!!
361860
All the lawyers I know use capital letters and know how to spell 'school'.  They also know punctuation and how to construct a paragraph.\n\nYou're getting a 3.6 with this kind of writing?  It doesn't say much for your 'professors'.\n\nConsentrate on developing your skills NOW before you find out that the LSATs are unforgiving about these kinds of things.
570276
There are a number of perspectives on this type of issue.  I'd like to address one of them.  \n\nHow about the individuals who were at the bottom of the class but who worked far harder than any of the top 10, but because they were't blessed with the same intellectual ability, even though they did the absolute best they could, stayed at the bottom of the class and received no recognition at all for their hard work?  From experience I know that many at the top of the class often do not have to work as hard as those at the bottom of the class.  I think far too much emphasis is placed on being in the top 10 or at the top of the class.   Is it really fair to be rewarded mostly for something we have no control over and did nothing to earn  - the ability we are born with?  There should at least be equal recognition and reward for hard work and effort.  \n\nI have seen the frustration of children who work very hard for no reward, and the ease with which some bright kids were rewarded for little work.   With my own daughters I have seen one who could be very successful with little effort get an A+ on an assignment she spent an hour doing the night befor it was due, with the teacher comment something like "Awesome work!  You must have put a lot of thought and effort into this paper."   Her sister worked for days on her paper, edited, reviewed,  revised, researched, and got a B.  Teacher comment was "You could have done better if you'd worked harder."\n\nNo system is perfect, and not all students in the top 10 get there without effort, but there are injustices that need to be addressed.