What’s your personal approach to religious symbols and your professional appearance?
(Obviously I know I can choose to wear/not wear whatever religious attire/symbols I want. I’m just curious how other people think about it for themselves.)
How would you/your district approach an offer from a former student to talk about their education and path into law and/or practical constitutional law?
Would it come off as weird/cocky? Or kinda ‘peaked in high school’? (Although I definitely did not. High school was terrible).
Basically, I went to a pretty small/rural high school, and recently graduated law school (bar prep in progress, rip). I’m first gen (History BA, very recent J.D.) as were a lot of my classmates who did ultimately attend some higher ed, which I’d clock around 30-40%ish. It was always my dream to become a lawyer, but I literally had never met one when I was in high school.
My guidance office didn’t really have the expertise/resources to advise on majors/programs/universities for prelaw, so I kinda flew blind? It worked out! But I know a lot now that I wish I could share with high schoolers in the same position I was in. I think a lot of my classmates didn’t go to law school/med school/whatever because we just didn’t really know how. It would be neat to be able to give back and hopefully make the path a little easier for the next lawyer to come out of my home town (I think we’re averaging one every decade or so right now lol).
I was thinking about reaching out to my high school US history teacher to offer to talk about my career path, and possibly some constitutional law stuff. I’ve published two notes on post conviction constitutional issues plus, y’know, the law degree, so I think I’m sorta qualified-ish to talk about the ‘big ones’ on a practical level. At least the points I really think everyone should learn in high school to understand their rights and duties as citizens.
But I don’t want to come off as cocky or anything, basically. And I’m not sure whether this kind of offer would be construed that way. I don’t live in the area anymore, but I’m Facebook friends with my former history teacher, and I really admire her for her work, especially right now. She was kinda the only person who ever thought I could *actually* become a lawyer to begin with, so I owe her a gratitude.
Plus, I really feel like history teachers are kind of on the front lines of the future of this country and its voters. They’re the only unbiased exposure a lot of people get to the contexts that shapes present politics and/or the constitution, both in terms of individual rights and formative principles of democracy. If there’s anything I can do to make that easier, I’d like to.
Sorry for the long post! I’m just curious whether this is something that would be appreciated or not. I definitely don’t want to put her in an awkward position.
Thanks!
Genuinely just a vent. I’m sorry. I have nobody to talk to. I’ve been trying to think positive or fucking whatever. But I have $700 in my bank account, $250 K in student loans, and I’m out of plasma. It’s beginning to feel like I should just get a JD advantage job and not stake this bet. What do you even do if you fail? I know so many people retake but idk. I don’t think I could afford it. I can’t afford to fail either. I don’t even know man. I really regret putting myself in this position. There’s like 2 ways out and I’m starting to get really claustrophobic.