Question: Does Law school make you act like a child again?

Facts: Saturday Night found me in an interesting position. Earlier in the day I had somewhat studied at House of Aromas (read: actually done nothing but talk and website surf) and was quite ready to have a relaxing evening after my previous nights partying at the Riverside Casino (read: the Vegas Strip of the Midwest).

When Megan suggested dinner and a movie I was more than ready for it. We stopped by the local delicatessen (Hyvee) and purchased some Boursouin cheese, crackers, a nice steak and a bottle of red wine (read: hot date alert, only not really). Then came the stop at the local video store, Blockbuster, and we wandered around looking for a good cultured film that would stimulate our minds and make us think of how we too could go out and save a country or even the world. 

I have to admit that Meg is the one that jumped upon the film of the night, her eyes aglow with excited anticipation, mine aglow with something a little less exciting. I ached to swap her choice with, “Death at a Funeral” but she got her way and we checked out with, “Enchanted”.

Yes, we went from a night at the casino to a night watching a Disney film. What may or may not have led to our complete and utter fall from grace was when Meg start singing along with one of the songs called, “That’s how you know”. (I think our real fall came when we watched and sang along to the clip of ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks’ singing “You had a bad day” on youtube earlier in the night).

“That’s how you know
(la la la la la la la la)
He loves you
(la la la la la la la la)
That’s how you know
(la la la la la la la la)
It’s true
(la la la la la)”

I found myself humming along with Meg and Amy Adams, and hoping that the ‘heroine’ of the story would indeed end up with her ‘hero’ and we were both on the edge of our seats by the end of the film to see what would happen (though I have to admit that the potential of falling off of the couch was actually the only thing from keeping me from dozing off).

Meg ended up loving the film, I ending up liking it ok and laughing hysterically when the prince spoke to someone and then ended the sentence with peasant. I can’t quite remember what he said or why calling someone a peasant would be funny but that made the  movie for me.

The point of this post is quite simple, that law school makes seemingly intelligent and mature women (twenty-plus year olds are considered women aren’t they?) revert back to childish ways and tendencies. I could of course have talked about far worse regressions that I have found myself in  during my time in law school but I aimed to make this post simple and easy to understand.

Holding: Law School does indeed return you back to your childhood.