December 11, 2012
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Stink.
***Disclaimer: this is another dumpy, humanity-is-awful, whiny rant.***
I’m a little baffled/upset/disappointed in myself. NEWS FLASH!
Really, though, I am. I applied for a Spring Break pro-bono opportunity to Corpus Christi (in South Texas) and just found out that I was NOT selected. At the time of the trip I’ll be a third-year law student; I speak Spanish; AND I have significant ties to that area…still, they didn’t want me. No one ever does. :
Life is poopy at times. I guess the important thing is that I tried. I know that compared to the people here who have real problems this isn’t a big deal. Still, I was hoping that this would be an opportunity for me to make a positive change (albeit late) in my law-school career…especially considering that that city is one of the areas where I can see myself enjoying living and working in the future.
Oh well. That’s what I get for hoping. My inclination is to tell the program director to shove his wait-list offer up his you-know-where. But, I shall reserve any further correspondence with hum until I’m no longer miffed. That’s probably wisest.
Although, a part of me is really curious about who they did pick. As far as I know, I’m only one of a few bilingual students at my school and I’m not sure that they all applied. I guess multilingualism isn’t as important an asset as I thought it would be. BOO!
***End rant***
Comments (12)
I’m sorry that you didn’t get what you wanted, but maybe there is somewhere else that will be more beneficial for you? I’m amazed about you being a 3rd year law student…very tough subjects to analyze and learn from. I see great things in your future my friend, so don’t fret.
by the way….everyone has their own problems, but not getting your dream isn’t something that feels very good…so rant away
Wise to wait until you cool off before taking up the subject of a wait list with the director. Who knows? Maybe someone will decide that pro bono work doesn’t fit with their plans and back out. Anyway, there will be other opportunities. Go ahead and Carpe Diem!
Bilingual is awesome. I took Latin and other than church and law there isn’t much call for a dead language…
@RachelRM1986 - Thank you. I don’t like that I whine…but sometimes it’s good just to get it out. Don’t be too impressed–I haven’t graduated yet and I might never! There’s still a tough road ahead.
@murisopsis - I try to “carpe” the “diem,” but more often than not, I feel like my “diem” is being held by Lucy and that my “carpe”ing is analogous to Charlie Brown going after the football…hopefully after sleeping tonight I’ll just forget about the whole thing.
@TutelageOfTheMundane - tough road ahead always, keeping your head up and knowing your potential to help the world, that’s the key. you hold it, you will succeed.
Those things really stink. I agree with you. “Politics” play a big part, more than merit.
ewww, you’re gonna be a lawyer? I was gonna be friends with you…
This does stink!
hey it’s ok Xanga can be a grea place to vent/ whine. Do wait till you are fully in control of emotions before you write anything to someone who hs control of important portions of your life. That doesn’t mean snivel, just have your facts correct, and working in your benefit. Also learn how to give them your idea and make them think it was their idea to do something…… it is an invaluable tool when dealing with people. I suppose what I’m saying is learning how to manipulate people can be a handy skill at times.
@beowulf222 - Really, I think that there were a lot of applicants. My school is full of eager beavers and they only took six. It’s understandable–competition was stiff. And, if I’m honest, I am well aware that there are many people who are just as qualified as I am. I imagine that the final selection was a touch choice and they went with the person who submitted the application sooner–I pushed mine off until like thirty minutes before the deadline. I’m feeling more at peace with it today.
@XtremePsionic - Yeah, I want to do that sort of thing, but school gets in the way! For one, where I am is a relatively small town with an over-saturated legal market. Dallas and Austin are each 2 hours away, and while they are larger cities with a bustling legal economy, they’re still 2 hours away! And, another example: I got invited to a lunch (in Dallas) hosted by the judge who I interned for this summer–I had to turn it down because we’re like the only law school in the country that still has classes next week! It’ll be rough-going for a while, but I think I’ll settle in eventually.
@Blue_Moon1 - Thanks for that…and let’s not call it “manipulation”…how about “quietly directed action.”
Later today, I’ll probably “enthusiastically” accept the wait-list offer.
Could well be what you said about being bilingual does not help a lot, could be that was the reason they didn’t select you.
I’m more or less four-lingual and a half if you consider my Sardinia language not being a real language but almost. and most of my higher in rank there were just French speaking or French and Italian. Now it is changed, English is on the winning side.Don’t worry too much; life is made of disappointments Important is how to deal with that.
@carlo - C’est vrai! J’oublie fréquemment que vous parlez français aussi. Je pense que les américains ne comprennent pas les difficultés d’apprendre un autre langage. En particulière, ils ne savent pas que l’anglais est une langue difficile.
Comme je vieillis, je pense que je dois apprendre de supporter ces petites déceptions de la vie. Mais…c’est pas quelque chose que j’aime…
Le dernier commentaire ci-dessus est encourageant . Persiste .
Amitiés
Michel