Comparative Excellence

Taking a look at some of the grades my compatriots have posted in their classes, and looking at my own less-than-stellar performance, I have to admit that I'm a little frustrated.

I feel like an idiot because I see my friends getting A's and B's, and I'm consistently getting C's. I have the sneaking suspicion that everyone else is really getting it, and for whatever reason, I'm just not.

But I also think to myself that I'm probably an unusual law student. I don't refer to hornbooks or study guides. I don't use emanuel's or other "helps". I've been working around fifteen hours a week, every week of law school from day one. I have a wife and daughter that are important to me, and that I need to be there for. I understand that, but it still twists the gut a little to see how well other people are doing, and how not-so-well I'm doing.