Tom Maltese: Guinness Stuntman
Today, I will attempt my most difficult stunt to date: I will not drink at the going away banquet tonight before our last final.
So I just finished a three hour final exam about the evolving standards of decency for capital punishment in the international context coupled with a legitimate penal purpose and proportionality analysis. It was as painful as it sounds. I have one final left: european legal history.
So yeah, we have our going away banquet tonight at 6 pm. It's a great idea since everyone is going their separate ways as the weekend fast approaches, but who the hell decided it would be good to have an alcohol-based function 15 hours before our final, final exam?!? This is where the "I'm not going to drink tonight" part is going to be critical. I am really not that ready for this final, but I am studying now and will be afterwards. Herein lies the problem: the kids form Nebraska and Villanova (Villa-no-no!) are pass/fail while the KU kids are graded. Everyone is guaranteed to pass, so they don't care and party all day whereas I have to study. But, if we're graded on a curve (like we're supposed to be), then the KU kids should come out on top. I sure hope so because this could really help me jump in class rank if I got 5 credits at 3.5 or 4.0. So, I will sacrifice one night of drinking for the greater good of getting a job when I graduate. It's a tradeoff I'm willing to make (what's wrong me now, am I getting soft?!?).
Other than that, I will be heading back to the states on Saturday. See you all soon!
Tom
So I just finished a three hour final exam about the evolving standards of decency for capital punishment in the international context coupled with a legitimate penal purpose and proportionality analysis. It was as painful as it sounds. I have one final left: european legal history.
So yeah, we have our going away banquet tonight at 6 pm. It's a great idea since everyone is going their separate ways as the weekend fast approaches, but who the hell decided it would be good to have an alcohol-based function 15 hours before our final, final exam?!? This is where the "I'm not going to drink tonight" part is going to be critical. I am really not that ready for this final, but I am studying now and will be afterwards. Herein lies the problem: the kids form Nebraska and Villanova (Villa-no-no!) are pass/fail while the KU kids are graded. Everyone is guaranteed to pass, so they don't care and party all day whereas I have to study. But, if we're graded on a curve (like we're supposed to be), then the KU kids should come out on top. I sure hope so because this could really help me jump in class rank if I got 5 credits at 3.5 or 4.0. So, I will sacrifice one night of drinking for the greater good of getting a job when I graduate. It's a tradeoff I'm willing to make (what's wrong me now, am I getting soft?!?).
Other than that, I will be heading back to the states on Saturday. See you all soon!
Tom
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