Tuesday, August 22, 2006

A Busy Monday

Greetings and welcome back to The Un-Zone, the only known site on the Internet devoted to all things related to Un. If you were looking for another site like the United Nations of even online porn, this is not the correct site. Try using Google next time. Then again, if you are that confused and thought this was the UN site, don't use the Internet. Come on, like the UN would have "blogspot.com" in their URL.

I had a really fun Monday. Four classes with three of them in a row.

The day started out with International Trade Regulations featuring Professor Bhala, who seems to be a pretty cool guy. His CV is pretty impressive. A "proper English" education complete with the requisite degrees from Duke, The London School of Economics, Oxford, AND a JD from Harvard. I never took so many freaking notes in one day. Though the explanation on Ricardo's lovely theory was interesting. I think this is foreboding something. Like I'm going to need a bigger notebook or I need to write faster.
Then came Trial Advocacy with Professor Briscoe. Lecture once a week, workshops once a week also. It seems that this will be a fun class. Though I have to wear "courtroom attire" for the workshops. That measns...the dreaded suit with tie most likely. Oh well. I guess once a week for two hours isn't that bad. I mean, it could be sixty, seventy hours a week. Wait, lawyers have to do that. Might as well get used to this.
Federal Income Taxation with Professor Dickinson. Might as well take this class as it will help me later in life. I will learn how to read the Internal Revenue Code, properly known as 26 USC Section 1 et seq (can't get the official section symbol on this blog). According to some research, it got a -6 score on readability. In simple English, it's hard to understand. For some strange reason, I'm the first person he calls on to answer a question about the legality of a proposed rule involving the federal government taxing people who own really big vehicles. I got it correct. It's illegal for the government to do so as it is a non-income direct tax. That would require apportionment and therefore, the government cannot do it. Simple. Why do I seem to be the first person to get asked questions? This is yet another sign that has some meaning. I need to learn how to be a ninja and hide myself with great cunning. Or learn how to do Jedi mind control.
Finally, Bankruptcy with Professor Ware. Fun class. The rolling boulder method of answering questions. I'm one of the first people up. How fun. Next time, I will not sit near the back. Must read the assignment. But I have time.

That's all for now.

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