meno? me, too...

currently reading for jurisprudence. the assignment includes an excerpt from "meno" by plato. here's the part that inspired me to put up this post:

socrates: observe, meno, the stage [the boy] has reached on the path of recollection. at the beginning he did not know the side [i.e., length or width] of the square of eight feet. nor indeed does he know it now, but then he thought he knew it and answered boldly, as was appropriate -- he felt no perplexity. now however he does feel perplexed. not only does he not know the answer; he doesn't even think he knows.

the note i wrote in the margin next to that section reads as follows:

"i.e, emily in law school"