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Participant[quote=bearishgurl][quote=yamashi] . . . I also question your last statement about your ability to pass the bar exam. I’m sure their are very good paralegals, but you can’t compare that to someone that has been practicing. I also hope that you didn’t tell that to people when you interviewed with them. It probably would be akin to a bookkeeper saying they could pass the CPA exam because they’ve been doing journal entries for 30 years.[/quote]H@ll, no. I would never say that in an interview and it wouldn’t help me, anyway cuz I would be applying for a paralegal job with no upward mobility to an attorney position. As it should be.
You can’t compare the work of a paralegal to a “bookkeeper making journal entries.” Paralegals actually do all the work attorneys do except depose witnesses, negotiate settlements and explain their terms to the party(s) and appear before the court. Often when an attorney goes into court to argue a motion, a paralegal wrote the motion and filed it and served it after the attorney looked it over and signed it. If a paralegal’s attorney trusts their research skills and the paralegal provided them with the cases they will be arguing with good notes and possible objections, they’re not going to spend hours (and $100(0)’s of their client’s money) “researching the paralegal’s research.” Ditto for trial prep, deposition prep and witness prep.
Umm, paralegals are frequently the invisible “grunt-worker attorneys” in the back room doing all the work and the “real (licensed) attorney” is in the front room taking all the credit for it.
As it should be :=)[/quote]
I’ve never seen what you describe – however, I have always practiced IP Law, which is relatively specialized. What you say may be true for run of the mill personal injury, residential real estate, etc. but in our office paralegals kept (thousands of boxes of) documents in order, maintained exhibits and deposition transcripts, and did other very useful tasks but not one ever wrote a brief, memo or anything that was filed with the court. If I’m paying a lawyer I expect a lawyer to do the work.
Participant[quote=scaredyclassic]I wanted to hate it.
I thought it would suck.
I was completely opposed to it.
We were up till 3 watching episode,after episode.
Dammit.
It’s awesome.[/quote]
It is – but I don’t know if it would have been without Maggie Smith. And Mr. Barrow, who looks just like the guy from the home renovation show Flip or Flop (Tarek El Moussa, I think is his name). Mr. Barrow made a great (somewhat) villain. Don’t know whether the guy from Flip or Flop is a villain.
Participant[quote=paramount]In light of the death of Mrs. Reagan I feel this thread should be deleted in the interest of dignity.[/quote]
You realize she wasn’t President, right?
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi]I’m afraid that we are becoming soft and the country is going to hell.
Whatever happened to the principle of deterrence where we apply overwhelming punitive consequences to bad behavior?
And personal responsibility… When will the light bulb come on, when people look in the mirror and realize “what the fvck! Look at me, I’m a mess; by the grace of God, I’m going to pull myself up by the bootstraps!”
It’s not that hard. Just say no![/quote]
People have been saying this since (at least) Aristotle’s time. It’s a matter of perspective.
People assuage their anxiety by doing things that raise their dopamine levels. You probably achieve that result through cleaning or fits of self – righteousness. Others often get their dopamine from eating, drinking or smoking. Imagine how hard it would be for you if someone told you that living in an OCD-type clean place is bad for your health (which it might be due to lack of immune challenge). You might want to be healthy but it would be so hard to leave the dishes in the sink.
Why don’t you work on your own problems a little more and spend less time being outraged over the messiness of the average joe/jane’s life?When you say “overwhelming punitive consequences” do you mean like drawing and quartering people for parking tickets?
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=bearishgurl]
FIH, can you explain further exactly what it is that you are discussing in the italicized portion of this comment?[/quote]As a good legal researcher that you are, please state exactly what language in the ACA is so objectionable to you, and what repealing that language will do.
Trump cannot force insurance companies to sell you the plan you want at the rate you want. The future is health care rationing, not all you can eat buffet[/quote]
Part of the problem with the ACA, from what I’ve been told, is that it’s often cheaper for companies to violate the rules and pay the fine. Perhaps that option is slowly getting phased out, but that seems sort of pointless.
Participant[quote=XBoxBoy]Hate Costco. Refuse to go there. Poor selection, long lines. Can’t see what people find so wonderful about the place. The most unpleasant shopping experience there is.[/quote]
+1. I was responsible for the 6th grade promotion breakfast (donuts and drinks) at out elementary school a few years ago. $350 budget for about 240 possible people. I priced water bottles, juice boxes, plates, napkins and doughnuts. I did better shopping the sales at Vons and Party City than Costco for every item. I don’t get the appeal.
Participant[quote=paramount]One of you should quit your job and move to an area you can actually afford – nevermind the greenery and all that other BS.
Your 1st priority should be to raise your children.[/quote]
One of who? What in the world are you talking about?
ParticipantYes – I think the bog that is the Common Core will probably be the end of APIs. I agree that small differences in API don’t really matter. And I don’t think the elementary school is terribly important either, assuming it’s OK and your child is a good student. Once they get to high school, though, the school makes a big difference. We are happy where we are and try to ignore the overly competitive classmates. We’re both science-y types and generally stay away from the canned science activities. They are enough to destroy anyone’s enthusiasm, if you ask me. Kind of like an art competition.
Participant[quote=paramount][quote=outtamojo]Actually, there is a big labor case being argued at the moment involving public sector Unions- Friedrich vs California Teachers Association.[/quote]
ding ding ding ding[/quote]
By definition, there will always be people very hyped up about decisions in Supreme Court cases. To my knowledge, no one has ever been killed over the decision that they were going to reach. Many Supreme Court Justices die while still at the bench – we can’t find conspiracies in all of them.
Participant[quote=yamashi][quote=serendipity4] I really still dont know why 4s/del sur schools are considered better than SR schools?[/quote]
I would like to know where you found this info, because my research when I was shopping told me otherwise. Regardless, Marshall Middle and SR High School tests are among the highest with an API of 934 and 913 respectively. In contrast Carmel Valley Middle and Torrey Pines High was 976 and 895.
http://api.cde.ca.gov/Acnt2014/apiavgCty.aspx?allcds=37&c=R
For me above 900 was a qualifier and Scripps Ranch fits both. Also my wife and I both work downtown and it’s only a 25 minute commute for us.[/quote]
The API scores haven’t been updated in 2 years. Just for arguments sake, Canyon Crest Academy (San Dieguito Union High School District – same as Torrey Pines HS) is ranked 85th in the nation, whereas Scripps Ranch High School is 471st. Torrey Pines is #231 – all according to US News and World Report. Canyon Crest is also ranked 15th in the state and historically has had the highest API in the county since about 2011. It’s a great school and in my opinion worth trying to get in – but it’s a lottery, so no guarantees.
ParticipantFor a while there were the pony tail men. Now there are the shaved head men. What’s on the horizon, in terms of man coifs?
Participant[quote=paramount][quote=scaredyclassic]
I guess one way to get rid of the Supreme Court would be for the senate to never consent and then just wait for the oldsters on the bench to die off…..[/quote]
When I heard Scalia died, the 1st thing to cross my mind was: CTA
And I wouldn’t put it past them…[/quote]
Chicago Transit Authority? California Teachers association?
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi]According to Scalia, any liberty not specifically defined in the constitution is not protected.
His attitude is: so what? If you don’t like it, amend the constitution, but don’t ask the court to broaden the constitution. Original intent and textualism.
The founding fathers clearly didn’t know anything about computers. So it follows that digital privacy is not protected. Businesses and government can do whatever they want.[/quote]
I agreed with you up to the last sentence. The point is that if the people want there to be a right that is not in the Constitution, they should vote on it. It is not appropriate for 9 highly educated elite individuals to create Constitutional rights that do not already exist. The Constitution can be changed and supplemented – according to very specific rules.
It cuts both ways Brian. What if we ended up with a Supreme Court full of arch conservatives who started finding all kinds of rights that you didn’t agree with in the “penumbra” of rights set forth in the Constitution? We have to make rules that prevent undue power regardless of who’s in charge.
Participant[quote=scaredyclassic]I miss him already. Dude knew how to move through life. I aspire to be such a confident fellow like him.[/quote]
He was identified as the funniest Justice – 19 times funnier than Ruth Bader Ginsburg:http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/31/politics/so-guy-walks-up-to-the-bar-and-scalia-says.html?_r=0
He had a cohesive perspective that seemed to come from a deep level of personal conviction. I didn’t always agree with him, but I admired his unwillingness to be swayed by public approval.
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