Law school is High School. Actually... strike that. Law school is Junior High School. This I already knew.
And now, without further ado, tonight's anecdote:
My first year of law school at the University of Alberta consisted of 3 student sections with 60 students per section. Here at UVa here are many more sections, I believe 12 in total, labeled A to L. The experience of being in a small section, I assume, is much the same as it is in Canada. This is where you meet some of your closest friends that remain as friends long after law school ends. Perhaps this is because you have a shared experience (which is sometimes no fun fun at all), perhaps this is because you have the exact schedule for 1 year making it convenient to study together and party together, or perhaps life just happens like that. Who knows.
After 1 week of classes here, UVa is all abuzz with news that in addition to sections A to L, 2 additional sections were create impromptu by students who wanted to only socialize with the 'cool kids'--one for dudes (section 'M') and one for chicks (section 'S' for 'sweethearts' apparently). This has been received quite poorly by the upper years and by the other first year students.
What is the point of my little story?
UVa and Charlottesville generally appears to be frown upon social barriers. This might be a consequence of the fact that the town has 3 night clubs and is small enough that you run into the same people everywhere you go, or it might be a product of something awesome. I hope its the latter.
Apparently learning to get along and socialize with civility and all together is a something UVa students promote and guard quite zealously. I like!
I will be up in Canada for the weekend attending a friend's wedding!
See you soon Canada!
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