Yale Law Student Epic Rant

Guy at Yale Law lashes out at law/politics and all his classmates, pretty fun read.

http://abovethelaw.com/2013/01/student-sends-open-letter-to-classmates-…

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And again Yale kids show why overly academic universities make fucked up kids

 
BlackHatAnd again Yale kids show why overly academic universities make fucked up kids

Correct me if I am wrong, but aren't you an Ivy League grad?

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BlackHatAnd again Yale kids show why overly academic universities make fucked up kids

Correct me if I am wrong, but aren't you an Ivy League grad?

Ivy does not equal "academic" at least in the sense he is getting at. I interpret academic as meaning deep springs/Chicago type schools where they discuss pointless shit about "politics", "social justice" or "the meaning of life" ad nauseum. Not in a constructive, interesting or meaningful way but in a way that makes them appear "different". People shit on MIT/Carnegie Mellon on this site for producing grads who are unable to cope with the social environment that is banking, but they haven't seen nothing yet until they've met a Chicago/Rice/Vassar kid who is interested in attending law school.

 
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BlackHatAnd again Yale kids show why overly academic universities make fucked up kids

Correct me if I am wrong, but aren't you an Ivy League grad?

Ivy does not equal "academic" at least in the sense he is getting at. I interpret academic as meaning deep springs/Chicago type schools where they discuss pointless shit about "politics", "social justice" or "the meaning of life" ad nauseum. Not in a constructive, interesting or meaningful way but in a way that makes them appear "different". People shit on MIT/Carnegie Mellon on this site for producing grads who are unable to cope with the social environment that is banking, but they haven't seen nothing yet until they've met a Chicago/Rice/Vassar kid who is interested in attending law school.

lol either that or his alma mater is one of Yale's rivals...
Get busy living
 

I mean, this person is totally right. People at top schools suck. Most of what this person wrote doesn't resonate with me, but the mention of the stigma attached with "going corporate" rings loud and clear -- how many times I've had trust-fund hipsters ask me "i mean, liek, y u no do something useful to t3h world instead of finance???" is beyond me at this point.

 

Great read, but not worth the effort IMO. If you are a vacuous douche in law school reading an essay isn't going to snap you out of it. Just get a job and forget those losers.

 

so the guy bitches about how everyone is overly sensitive and then criticizes everyone for hurting hi feelings? one or the other dude

My drinkin' problem left today, she packed up all her bags and walked away.
 
Kenny Powersso the guy bitches about how everyone is overly sensitive and then criticizes everyone for hurting hi feelings? one or the other dude

maybe he IS one of the people he's criticizing. whoa. fuckin meta, dude

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CaRLiked the intensity--loved the intensity--but I didn't think anything he said was actually funny or clever at all. At no point did I even consider laughing. And if that's Yale Law level writing, then.....don't quit your day job champ. Woops! You just did.

I'm not so sure this person was going for funny or clever so much as he was making sure everyone got the "Fuck you."

Fucking loved it.

"You stop being an asshole when it sucks to be you." -IlliniProgrammer "Your grammar made me wish I'd been aborted." -happypantsmcgee
 

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