When does it end? When do we get to stop taking TESTS? As a child tests were never ending as you envisioned high school and then college in front of you and knew there would be countless tests. You took tests in school, you took pop quizzes, you took physical tests, you took the SAT, and now days kids have to take a test to graduate high school. Plus, getting your driver's license; that's a biggie (I got a 70% but that was enough to get my license!). Then in college you take tests constantly. You finish college and maybe you go to grad school; another test there, beit the LSAT, GRE or MCAT.
The SacTownGuy went to law school which was 3 years of hellish tests followed by a 3 full-day test from beyond hell. Studying for finals during law school was always 2 weeks of freakish study hours and horendous tests. Before taking my first exams people, in law school, talked about "C you at graduation." After that first round of tests I realized a batch of C's would be just perfect with me! An occasionaly B disrupted by 2.0 GPA throughout law school. I still remember hanging out with my homie JC after finishing my first semester's final exams. The two of us managed to spend $125 at Steamer's in 'Luma and I don't remember buying drinks for anybody except the two of us that night! Plus, my girlfriend was a waitress there so presumably we didn't pay for every drink; did we? Blew off a little steam that night and the next day... all day. Gosh that was one of worst hangovers EVER.
Navigate through 3 years of that and you take the bar exam. Who came up with that doozey? I still remember the night of the 3rd day of that bar exam... well, I remember until about 8:00 and not much more after that. After 10 weeks of studying from morning 'til midnight and then 3 full days of incredible mental exhaustion I let off a whee bit of steam. Thanks to my homie from North Carolina, D-la-B, I had a bottle of Jack and thanks to my homie Dlatz I had a box of cigars. Those two, and a few margaritas at Chevy's on the River, didn't blend so well! The next morning my little homie, the Glaze, dropped me off at SacTown airport with a couple of garbage bags so I could make it to LA. Who the hell plans a morning flight the day after the bar exam? I weighed in at 159 that afternoon in LA; was probably 165 24 hours earlier!
You pass the bar and you must be done taking tests forever, right? Then the SacTownGuy took a couple of other professional exams like the Utah Bar (easy in comparison to the Cali bar exam but you don't want to fail it) and then you are done, right? Then the SacTownGuy wanted to become a notary. Ok, the notary exam is not hard but you sure don't want to fail it, right? Then this past summer the SacTownGuy decided he wanted to become a certified specialist, as determined by the state bar, and that meant another day long test; on a Sunday for gosh sake! Who the heck schedules a 6.5 hour test for a Sunday and only offers it every two years!?
Today's mail brought good news... the SacTownGuy passed the certified specialist exam and as soon as I get in all the references I will be able to call myself a certified specialist in my area of law. Is that it? Will there be more?
When will these tests end? What's next? I assume when I am 85 I will have to take a driver's test again? I think I am ready for it....
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