I agree with Rory's comment that the point of the class is to let us know that we are the ones who should determine our own careers. I definitely understand what you're saying Josh. Both my brothers are attorneys and my parents are pretty successful people.

But I think that caring so much what other people think will only lead you to a station in life that you don't want to be. I think grades are less important than determining what exactly it is you want your career to be. We've all heard stories about the guy who freaked out during Legal Methods who is now the Attorney General or Prof. Sanger shared how she got a C in Torts and now she's now a professor at Columbia. There's a torts professor I think who was in the bottom of his class after 1L but graduated # 3 in his class. I don't think grades are at all determinative of your ultimate station in life and while they may have something to do with accessing opportunities, I believe that is probably more hype we create in our own minds than something that really exists.

I guess you should ask yourself what you will think of yourself if in 10-20 years, you are working in a job that you hate and feel unfulfilled in because you wanted others' approval. What will you think of yourself vs. what others think? Being miserable is something you'll have to deal with alone while others have the satisfaction of your "success".

At a young 22, I think more than anything, I want to define my own career and hopefully at some point change someone else's reality for the better.

Like Rory said, if you do your best in courses, all you can do is accept the grade and move on. I also think you have to learn that they are not determinative of your destiny and that they may get you "in" somewhere but that's not what will keep you.

Oh, and for the record, I don't think going to Columbia makes a man "sexier"....but maybe that works for others. (lol).

-- KrystalCommons - 16 Feb 2010