As you prepare to look up your own results, and get ready to hear news from friends and classmates, think positively. But do also prepare, for someone you care about who may not have passed the bar exam.
Given pass rates generally, it's actually likely that at least someone in your circle or even your study group won't see his or her name on that pass list.
There are plenty of wise sayings --"That which doesn't kill us makes us stronger," comes to mind. Or, Babe Ruth's wonderfully inspiring, "Every strike brings me closer to the next home run."
Seeing your name on the PASS LIST this month is the home run you seek, and deserve. I wish you all the luck imaginable; I'll keep good thoughts going steadily out your way all week. But, if these results bring a strike for you or someone you care about, the key will be to turn things around right away, and focus on success this coming February.
If you take and fail a bar exam, the absolutely essential turn-around question is how to learn from that experience and put that knowledge into practice with hard work for success next time. Can people really do that? YES!"
But even before the new studying, the so-called "failure" must be put in perspective. An attempt must become a stepping stone to success.
What words of wisdom would you share with someone you might find yourself talking to after results come out, someone who was not successful last July?? Well, what do you do when you trip? Do you lie on the ground, give up, and say, "I will never walk again." Do you lose confidence in your ability to ever walk again because of a fall? No! Usually, you get up, brush yourself off, and are on your way. Even after a bad fall, should you be hurt seriously and need medical care, what follows is healing.
Absent unusual circumstances, so long as the will to succeed is there, those who tripped up on the last bar can walk forward, they can turn things around; they can PASS the next exam.
You don't get to take the bar exam without a huge investment, and many steps of proving yourself worthy. Even if the statistical chances of passing are lower in your case because of your GPA in law school or other factors, you can still do it, with the proper guidance and preparation. Believe it. If you were a person who at the first stumble simply left the path and looked for a smoother trail, you would not have finished law school, let alone applied for and sat for an entire bar examination. No way. The fact that you have gotten this far, far enough to complete the exam, is proof of your potential. Now, get up, brush yourself off, and realize that potential.
So, to classmates and friends you speak with after results come out, let them know that their first job is to re-frame this experience as one strike taking him or her closer to that home run.
The week after results, celebrate Thanksgiving. But by Sunday of that long weekend, anyone repeating the exam should have a Plan for Success in place, to pass February.
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We eagerly await Bar Exam results day. We can't wait to share our congratulations with you. And, if anyone you know gets a strike this time, let them know that February 2010 is the exam to PASS!!!!! Let's Go!
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