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To: LTK007 who wrote (242951)	4/2/2010 7:04:26 PM
From: pstuartb	Read Replies (1) of 306849

dogs exposed to repeated and seemingly random electric shocks eventually stopped trying to escape those shocks, even when they could very easily do so. Shortly before I went to law school, I read of a similar experiment on rats that were subjected to random shocks. Unable to discern what behavior resulted in reward and what resulted in punishment, the rats went insane and began to eat each other. When I went to law school, I saw this experiment carried out by professors on law students in the form of the Socratic method. The Socratic method, as it is practiced in most law schools, involves the professor choosing a student at random and drilling him or her with questions until the student has exhausted his knowledge and is unable to answer anymore. Thus, the experience always ends in defeat for the student, no matter how much he or she might have prepared. The result is that the students go insane and begin to eat each other, figuratively speaking. But I believe that is what they called "learning to think like a lawyer." Or, it could mean that people who are attracted to law school are more like rats than dogs.

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