Let me reassure all of you aspiring--and even current--law students: the Socratic Method is not that bad. It's a great way of learning and it's not as scary as it seems.
If you mess up when the professor calls on you:
- We don't really care. We're too busy focusing on what the professor says.
- We don't remember. Unless you keep bringing it up after class.
- We're not laughing at you. We all know that next week the professor might be drilling us and we may not have the answer. It's not funny and we're not laughing.
- We don't think you're stupid. You just got caught on the one thing you didn't know. Or you got flustered. Or you misunderstood the question. Or any number of things that don't involve your intelligence. Law school is hard--for all of us.
I've been on both sides--knowing the answers and not knowing--and life goes on.
Move along; there's nothing to see.
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