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My undergraduate degree is in Foreign Language Education. One of the most helpful things I learned was how to set goals, define objectives, and measure outcomes. Our lessons plans couldn't just say "teach present tense conjugation of verbs ending in -ar." Instead, we were forced to write "students will demonstrate understanding of present tense verbs ending in -ar by demonstrating 80% accuracy in conjugating 10 common verbs."
The past month has been a warm up for me, but now the fun really begins. This week, I will tackle NC Wills and finish up Corporations and Professional Responsibility. I will also do at least 36 MBE multis and write out the answers. I will start tracking my progress here so that I can make sure I am meeting my own goals.
So, tonight I learned (and can write at least a 6 point essay about):
- Attested, holographic, and nuncupative wills
- Basic requirements for a will to be admitted to probate
- Revocation of wills
- NC lost wills statute
- Dependent Relative Revocation
I also demonstrated 100% accuracy on making a mean mac & cheese and a tomato basil soup to go along with it. However, this past weekend, my objective of catching at least one fish was not met. I was able to cast out with about 50% accuracy and was also able to eat a yummy cannoli with 100% accuracy. If it were not for the bar exam, I would venture to say that accuracy in cannoli eating is a much more useful skill than knowing about nuncupative wills. Well...unless someone wanted to give me a cannoli on their death bed...I don't think the cannoli would last until probate though, so I would have to have a witness write it down that the cannoli was intended for me.
Alas, the legal fog is setting in and soon my life will be reduced to hypothetical situations....again.
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