The Review

I attended a one whole day review program for the UP Law Aptitude Exam last Sunday. For a starter, we had to introduce ourselves and pick one question from a set of icebreaker questions. I really dread this getting-to-know-one-another part everytime I am in a big group, although I am guilty of the same crime.

When I was an Instructor at a University, I would ask my students to stand up and say something unique about themselves, sort of my way of remembering their names and faces,and also breaking the ice... I learned that in order to memorize effectively, I need to associate that which I need to memorize with something familiar. In my case, I would ask for something unique or weird about my students so I can easily remember them. It's easier to remember a cat wearing a yellow polka-dotted gown and dancing cha-cha over a stray gray cat.

Now, going back to my review class, while waiting for my turn, I was praying that God would give me a question that is so familiar. True enough, my turn came and my question read: "What do you want to achieve in life?" HA! I have been answering that my whole life, though my answers kept changing everytime. Without thinking, I told the class that I want to work for the government for the rest of my life. and the reason why I want to go to law school is because I think we're running out of good lawyers. And someday, I hope to be able to get in the Senate and uphold our Constitution, or perhaps change it. Naks! Mind you, I wasn't thinking then. Do I have to emphasize that one? I wasn't thinking.

I realized, there's really nothing much to say about myself. I am not spontaneous. In fact, right now, I'm practicing to write spontaneously. I just want to get used to spontaneity.

Anyway, the review was comprehensive, and it has been very helpful. I got a perfect score in almost all of the English exercises, though i flunked Math big time. as in 12/40. haha