I have been developing some great friendships with some amazing people here. I am sure that some of these relationships will last the rest of my life. The BRIDGE program gave me a built in group of people that I identified with; these people are in the same place for the same reason that I am. It is easy to strike up conversations and make connections. It is important that we are all law students; human beings want to be around people that are like them. We want to be around people in which we see a little bit of ourselves. I know what you're thinking...Did Andy just say that all people are narcissists? Of course that is not what I am saying. I think it is more that we want to be around people that we understand. Naturally we gravitate toward people who share the same characteristics as we do because we can understand them more easily. We don't like to be confused.
The great thing (and the intense, crazy thing) about law school is that everyone here IS so alike. Sure, we all have different interests, different hometowns, and different favorite ice cream flavors. We are, however, all BIG Type-A personalities thrust into a small space, working toward the same goals, with an element of competition thrown in as a spice. Naturally, this leads to some entertaining fireworks displays and little battles are sometimes fought between people who have a lot more in common than they like to admit. At the same time, intense, long-lasting friendships are formed between people who have similar goals and ambitions. The loves established here are so deep, and the rivalries are so fierce, because we all understand each other well, and this understanding magnifies and deepens relationships.
Okay, that's it! Before I go though, I want to give a big birthday shout out to my mom (August 15), Kaleena (August 16), and Stephanie (August 17)!
*Author's note: All of my theories on relationships (much like Freud's) are untestable hypotheses and may not hold up under any kind of scrutiny.
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