October 31, 2012

• Lol

  From the profs:

   

  Dear Property Students,

  Could we please ask that students stop emailing us to ask questions about the exam.  We are being inundated by them. It is an exam. We cannot help you answer it.

  More importantly, as always, you need to learn the skills that you will need in the work place. They include

  a) knowing when to ask a question - because something serious and irremediable might happen if you do something wrong, and

  b) knowing when to just get on with the task and use your own judgement; that is what you will be paid for as a lawyer. 

  This is a situation b).  No one is going to go to jail; no one is going to lose money.  You have been given instructions, so just have a go at it, without asking for clarification.   

  If you judge correctly, you will be rewarded with good marks; if you judge some things incorrectly, you may not do as well, but that is exactly what happens at work and it will be OK. No one gets everything correct at work.  There are no HDs.  You make mistakes and you learn.

  But, as always, we are not trying to trick you or trip you up.  We will be assessing the substance of your work.

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