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Using Stress and Failure to Improve
There are two things that come with law school: failures and stress. Failures and stress are not usually considered positive things, but you can get the most out of them by learning to manage and focus them in productive ways.
Stress can be made useful if you recognize it as the pressure of facing a challenge. Instead of letting stress freeze you in fear or cause you to lose focus by turning into panic, use the nervous energy that it creates to tackle your projects and studies.
It can be helpful to remember that you are not alone in facing the stress of law school. Talk to your fellow students about what you are going through. You may learn new ways of dealing with your stress and make bonds with your fellow students in the process.
When stress starts to get overwhelming, focus on what you can control. A good deal of stress comes from sources that you have no control over. Do what you can with what you have and try to let the rest go.
When you tackle new ideas or and put them into practice, failures will occur. If something does not work out the first time, do not let the results turn into needless stress and worry. It has been found that failures can enhance your learning if you take the time to understand what went wrong.
Law School Tip:
Learn a topic using a variety of techniques and tools. Whenever you look at a subject from a different angle, you offer yourself a chance to gain new insights.
Read from your textbook, use topical supplements and texts to shore up your understanding of topical themes, and then quiz yourself on the fine points of a subject using study tools such as the Question and Answer and Exam Pro series.
For an even more radical approach to learning a subject, sit down and try to create your own exam for your class, including answers and corresponding grading rubrics. By reviewing your materials and notes to create the exam questions, you will gain another level of understanding of the topic. By creating the grading rubrics for each question, you will have a chance to see the smaller details of what could go into a question and what tricks could be used to make a question challenging for those who do not know the subject well and are not paying attention to details.
The monthly display for March provides resources related to Independence Day.
English Defenders of American Freedoms, 1774-1778
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1776
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Culture and Liberty in the Age of the American Revolution
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American Insurgents, American Patriots
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The Bill of Rights
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Lincoln and Freedom
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The Flag and the Law
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Declaring Independence
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