Is Law School a Losing Game?

[targus]

Quote from denner:

Proflogic's nephew

I can tell I'm going to like living here for many a while. Excellent.

By the way, I quote "along with some intelligence to survive"..Prologic..

Most parents push the responsibility of education because they know or feel in their hearts that they lack this formal 'education', still feel responsible and are lucky to be able to pay for it. Is it what is in your heart that really matters? Is it this that will sow the next seed that liberated our grandfathers and us now from our visions of hard graft? If we are 'liberated' because of education, will our hearts share this?

 

[the1]

The key word here is <b>most.</b> This is also the reason why the success rate -- depending on how success is measured -- in trading, law, medicine, cancer research, etc., is extremely low. Most people will cower in a cave if they aren't <b>offered</b> an opportunity.

I know a guy who graduated from DePaul University, ranked near the bottom of the list, who is one of the most powerful and respected attorneys on the South Side of Chicago. He doesn't "work for the man." He IS the man.

http://www.top-law-schools.com/rankings.html

A quick quote from a well-known 1985 Chicago Bear. "Life is all about ass. You either kick it or you lick it." -- Unnamed.

Quote from ElCubano:

http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticke...V,ESI,^DJI&sec=topStories&pos=8&asset=&ccode=

 

[pookie]

Quote from jinxu:

Did you know that only 1% of the population can be in the top 1% no matter how hard one works???

+1

 

[Scataphagos]

Quote from chartman:

".. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer with the elimination of the middle class.

That's how it's SUPPOSED to be in a Capitalistic meritocracy. Each person needs to take it upon himself to achieve success if he wants to be one of the rich.

What made America great, up to about 1960, was that our government wasn't "too despotic", nor were we "too Socialistic"... allowing America to flourish financially.

Now, however, we're on the road to poverty (much like the former Soviet Union before its collapse)... US Government is too big, too oppressive, too expensive... and we've become so Socialistic it's unlikely we will ever recover.

Are the "poor getting poorer" or is it that they've been poor and stay poor?

 

[ElCubano]

Quote from the1:


A quick quote from a well-known 1985 Chicago Bear. "Life is all about ass. You either kick it or you lick it." -- Unnamed.

fantastic quote..

 

[chartman]

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Quote from jinxu:

Did you know that only 1% of the population can be in the top 1% no matter how hard one works???
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Quote from pookie:

+1

If a class had 100 students (population) and three students made a perfect score on a quizz, what percentage of the population is in the top of the class?

 

[Scataphagos]

Quote from chartman:

If a class had 100 students (population) and three students made a perfect score on a quizz, what percentage of the population is in the top of the class?

So you really need somebody to poke holes in that question?

 

[chartman]

Quote from Scataphagos:

Are the "poor getting poorer" or is it that they've been poor and stay poor?

Not according to statistics. Not only are a larger percentage of the population earning less than the poverty level each year but they are going further below the poverty level.

 

[vk60546]

Quote from chartman:

Not according to statistics. Not only are a larger percentage of the population earning less than the poverty level each year but they are going further below the poverty level.

if a single mother raises 5 children, what are the chances that there will be higher percentage of the population earning less than poverty?

and what can be done (by the government) about this situation?

And what if I'm at a poverty level, and say that I don't want to be there but am unwilling to DO anything about it (like go to school or try finding a more promising job, etc..) what should be done by the government about this situation?

 

[Scataphagos]

Quote from chartman:

Not according to statistics. Not only are a larger percentage of the population earning less than the poverty level each year but they are going further below the poverty level.

I guess there are degrees of "officially" poor. I was thinking "dead broke" (or nearly so)... like when I was poor.