PC Rules to Live By
Comments in the earlier post provided an assortment of anecdotes for PC students so I compiled and reprinted them below. Add more if you have any but the odds of coming up with something better than #12 are low. 1. Don't say "I don't know" when called on 2. Don't say "I guess" when answering a question 3. Don't completely shut down, don't stall...keep thinking and look like you know what you are doing. 4. Reading early or reading ahead for PC is a futile waste of time. Read the assignment the night before. 7. After Wren calls on you, you are likely safe for a few weeks. This is not the case with Powell. 10. Make sure you get a good seat so that the douche bags next to you don't result in you being called on. 13. Sit low in your chair 15. Keep your head down AND look busy. Write as much as you can. He seems to call on people who look either 1) like they are not paying attention or 2) like they have the material down so well that they don't think they need to take notes. 16. Do not make eye contact. 17. Just get through it. How you do in class is no reflection on how you'll do on the final.
5. Do not volunteer in Powell's class. Period. No matter how simple or fun the question sounds - you will get a memo.
6. If you want to be used in many hypos and get called on for those hypos, sit in the front, center row. This may mean less responsibility for the material in Powell's class alone.
8. Have all the rulebooks and materials with you for every class. For Powell, focus on the rules and statutes. For Wren, focus on the caselaw.
9. Do not sit in a seat along the aisle.
11. Try as hard as possible to keep your name out of Powell's mouth in all things.
12. Do not wear loud colors or patterns of attire. This attracts their attention. Dark colors are good if you sit in a crowd, lighter colors to match the paint if you sit near the wall.
14. When called on, its better to say the wrong thing with confidence that the right thing with uncertainty. PC teaches you how to BS your way through public speaking - learn it early.
14. If you can't BS with confidence, then "Stonewalling" may work, which is stalling or being silent as you studying your materials after he asks a question that stumps you.
posted by Jon Swanburg @ 12:00 PM
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5 Comments:
I like to think that #12 is in slight reference to my highlighter yellow, neon mess of a shirt I wore....haha
My advice: Get the first question right. If you do that, he will (usually) be easier on you for the rest of "your time."
you should print that list and stick it on the door on the last day of pc 2
4:08 - as tempting as it sounds, not so smart. He has you for PC 3 as well and he doesn't forget. That's right, he has you; you don't have him.
Schaper wore nothing but black polos and a black North Face during PC. They were varying shades of black, and he rotated on a weekly basis. He barely got called on at all.
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