First Day Jitters – A monologue by Christine Daley

I was nervous before I even stepped onto the plane at JFK. Not because I was moving thousands of miles away, but mostly because of the e-mail concerning the overload of students Miami had invited in. I wasn’t looking forward to the 200 extra students I would have to compete with, or the possibility the professors might amp up the difficulty to weed out the weak and those who felt they had no other option. Though I was looking forward to no snow for three years.
Arriving at the University my first day of law school, I wasn’t certain what to expect. I’d been handed nothing but mixed sentiments about the experience from the lawyers I asked. I was told everything from it was the worst nightmare of their lives to it being not as bad as everyone made it out to be. At the very least, it wasn’t going to be creative writing.
I had done all of the assigned readings and found myself surprised at some of the subject matter, especially discussing a dead fox for two weeks. I was more surprised to find out how much fun beating the dead fox could be. I figured out a good 3 mile run at the health center beat two cups of coffee as a refresher between my classes. I also learned that UM’s most competitive sport was parking, ruled by the law of first in time. Just like Pierson v. Post.