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I had those moments, too. At law school, the first great equalizer was first semester grades. I wound up smack in the middle of class, which I decided was OK, given the caliber of the competition. But I also enjoyed it immensely when I learned that the top student in the class was an ex-army guy who graduated from polytechnic college.

36 posted on 07/20/2008 8:26:58 PM PDT by Huntress (If you have a chip on your shoulder, you think everybody's trying to knock it off.-AnAmericanMother)

I was happy to be somewhere in the middle. Managed to work my way up closer to the top in third year, but as they say, the top 10th of the class teaches, the rest of the top 1/4 gets the plum jobs in big firms . . . and the bottom third makes all the money!

We had a guy who had retired from the Marines as a bird colonel and was coming back for a 2nd career. He did extremely well, which was gratifying.

He also took on the nastiest prof in the law school, and chewed him out in best DI style in the middle of class. We all applauded. He said it was reflected in his grade - I know it was reflected in mine - but he said it was worth it.