pot meets kettle...

i'm a 2d year TA for my legal writing prof. this year is mostly the training phase for the official teaching assistantship, which doesn't happen until third year.

so a couple of weeks ago my prof asked for volunteers from her 2d year TAs to help the 3d years with a research class. since i had no real reason not to volunteer, i signed up to help with the 9:00 a.m. class. today was the day for this class. i have a couple of thoughts...

first of all, why are the 3d year TAs such horrible teachers? you'd think that the types of students who would be drawn toward applying for these TA positions would have some interest in actual teaching. however, it seems that more often than not, these students are looking for extra resume padding. why does this surprise me? i know it shouldn't. someday i'm going to wake up and realize that not everyone's motives are as pure as mine...

second of all, why are the first year students such idiots? was i like this as a 1L? i couldn't have been! no way! not possible! these kids are arrogant, self-important, unteachable, antagonistic yahoos. well, okay, some of them. there are some that i've met that seem really great. but the students with whom i was stationed today were real jerks. for example, they started laughing at the phrase "dog sniff" (i had to explain to them that this was an actual term, not some stupid joke that the descriptive word index made up for the amusement of jackass law students). and when they were getting off track on their research and i tried to put them back on the right path, this one kid got all defensive and snotty with me.

silly 1Ls! silly first years with their contracts and their torts and their legal process and their criminal law! and their stupid jokes about obscure latin terms. and their lame study groups. and their trite nervous breakdowns about memo writing. and their imbecilic outlining and study guide buying. sheesh.

hello kettle. my name is pot.