The Socratic method is alive and thriving at UVa. To my friends who are currently in/nearly completing law at the U of A, do you remember orientation week when we heard how students would be called out from amongst their classmates and put on the spot to answer questions, at random? I suppose you also now know that most professors don't do that, and even if they do the common answers of "I dunno" or "Ummm, sorry but I forgot to read today" are met with some sense of understanding by the professor; well, here at UVa it appears that you are expected to answer and if you don't know the answer to think fast and say something that logically fits. Feck.
Other than that, classes (and please keep in mind I am basing my broad generalizations on one whole 80 minute lecture) seem to be engaging and interesting!
In other news, myself and my Russian counterpart will be captaining the LLM softball team this year. Apparently it is tradition for the LLMs to field a softball team and get mercilessly bushwacked by every other team, throughout the whole fall season. I have a feeling that this year will not break with tradition. I think the the Russian and I are the only two students who have watched enough baseball to understand the general mechanics and rules of the game. Apparently a few years past one of the LLMs came up to bat holding the thick part of the bat and swung away hoping to make contact where the bat is gripped with tape. I think we can do a wee bit better than that!
Well, I best be getting back to some readings so that I can at least feign an understanding of the material when I am called upon in tomorrow's lectures!
Swing away!
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