  I've only got one class left this week (that pesky Friday morning Con Law) but for all intents and purposes, my class-attending semester is over. A recap, for those keeping score: Number of times I missed class: 2 Number of times it had something to do with wearing a tie: 1 Number of times I was just in a bad mood: 1 Classes where someone mispronounced "brouhaha": 1 Games of Spider Solitaire played in Intro to IP: 45 (give or take) Games of Text Twist: 2 (one is still going!
) Classes with former "study group" friends: 2 Classes in which I talked to no one the entire semester: 1 Number of times I fell asleep in class: 1 Number of times I woke up discreetly and didn't embarass myself: 0 Finals to take: 4 Finals that count for more than 5% of my grade: 3 Papers to write by 1/5/04: 3 How much I dislike having to write papers over my break (scale from 1-10): 864 So there you have it! A successful semester, if I do say so myself. Of course, I have yet to be graded in anything, but that's really a formality in the second year. I've already established my strong academic mediocrity and nothign I do from now until the graduation will put much of a dent in that, one way or another. Like Cindy says, at this point it's all about passing the Bar. ("But you've never passed a bar in your life!
") There was a mini coup attempt in Comm. Law the other day, as most of the class suddenly decided that a take-home final would be much better. Normally this would have no effect on a professor, except that in this case our professor conceded that it wasn't a bad idea (and it's not). However, finals are very strictly regulated around here (anonymous grading, schedule conflicts, honor code stuff) so trying to change the layout or administration of a test, especially after the last class has already been held, is nigh impossible. And while I wouldn't have minded a take-home final, it really does seem a tad unfair to any students who missed that last class or liked the idea of a Saturday exam (Maybe it fits their schedule best that way!
Who am I to say otherwise?). The end result is, most people in class were a bit annoyed that it wasn't going to work that way, but I was a bit annoyed that they had the presumption to be annoyed. If this had been a valid concern, they could have said something weeks ago when the exam schedule was first announced. To whine now is sour grapes. My 2 cents. Welcome to flavor country! 
