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I posted on this case a while back, but now the verdict’s in. Let’s pull out our Texas Penal Codes.

Ladies, if you live in Texas, and know your man packs heat, and then your man finds you with your lover doing the beast with two backs, don’t cry rape. 

“Every time I learn the name of a student, I forget the name of a fish.” - Ichthyologist David Starr Jordan 

I’ve been fretting about memory. A lot. I’ve spent the last (and only) 30 years of my life in school. I’ve taken American History in junior high. I’ve taken calculus in high school. I’ve majored in Biology. I’ve majored in Philosophy. The other day, a friend asked me “who’s the philosopher that thought the intellectuals should rule everyone?” I answered, “you mean Aristotle’s philosopher-king notion?” It’s not Aristotle. It’s Plato. I got this wrong despite the fact that I studied ancient greek metaphysics almost exclusively for three years. 

And so it goes with my knowledge of biology. I used to assistant teach college level biology classes. Today, I would probably get a C minus grade on one of the exams I used to proctor. 

And here we are today, in law school. I’m a 2L. I had torts first semester of 1L year. Today, I would do worse than a C minus on a torts exam. By the way, in another year I’ll have to take a torts exam. It’s called the bar. So, this is a problem locally. But it’s also a problem globally.

If only I could remember half of what I’ve ever known.

I doubt I’ll ever know half of what I’ve ever known. But, the article linked above gives me a lot to think about. As law students, it’s worth a read. 

The Finalists: 

• Mrs. Palsgraff from Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. , 248 N.Y. 339 (N.Y. 1928)
• The Peevyhouses from Peevyhouse v. Garland Coal & Mining Co., 1962 OK 267 (Okla. 1962)
• John Moore from Moore v. Regents of the University of California, 51 Cal. 3d 120 (Cal. 1990)
• The Boyds from Boyd v. Racine Currency Exchange, Inc., 56 Ill.2d 95 (Ill. 1973)