Today was a slightly shorter day of orientation. The 1Ls are still good troopers, but it was a personally frustrating day for some orientation leaders because we were constantly undermined by presenters:

On homework:

Orientation Leaders: “You’ll get your assignments on Friday, don’t worry about them now.”

10 minutes later:

Professor: “Read pages 1-5, 7-20, 30-36. Read EVERY WORD of the first case. It’s mostly Latin…”

On Professors:

1L: “I read on Rate My Professor that Professor Palsgraff is a horrible person who can’t teach and tortures bunnies. Is that true?!”
Orientation Leaders: “Well, everyone has different learning styles and everyone’s favorite professor is someone else’s least favorite. And although Professor Palsgraff may not be the most energetic speaker, she is at the top of her field, dedicated to her students, and surely only kicks the bunnies who deserve it.”

10 minutes later:

Student Speaker: “Oh and I heard you had Palsgraff for one of your classes! HAH! Lemme tell ya – you won’t learn SQUAT from Palsgraff, she’s a horrible teacher and wrings bunnies’ necks till the light leaves their eyes…”

On employment:

Orientation Leaders: “And don’t worry too much about jobs right now, you can’t even contact the career center until late in the semester…”

10 minutes later:

Career Center Speaker: “Hi, we are a resource here for you! We can’t contact you until the fall, and employers even later, but let me give you a 10 minute spiel about employment stuff so you freak out. Oh, and there’s an online system called Symplicity and although you don’t have access to it …jobs, jobs, ra-ah-ah, jobs jobs, o la, la…

Oh and “like” us on facebook!”

Life/Work balance:

Orientation Leaders: “You can successfully balance school and life! Just remember to be efficient in your studies and you’ll have free time…”

10 minutes later:

Speaker: “…and although you all will be TERRIBLY STRESSED AND OVERLOADED and wallowing in your deep pit of despair…”

Well crap.

After orientation, I made a brief trip to the office and spent the rest of the evening with Alesus, flanked by dogs, watching Rachael Zoe.

Alesus moved to my neighborhood yesterday, so this will probably become a common occurrence, much to Gertrude’s annoyance. No one puts THAT baby in a corner…

Only one more day of orientation left, and then a weekend of work!