Adam came home from work and said, "I almost forgot what year it was. I kept writing 2011 on things."...I said, "It is 2011." He looked at me completely surprised, "It is?...Whoops...I kept writing 2012 on things."............................haha............so silly............
I've figured that I've waited the proper amount of time in between posts and it's finally time to give my 3 followers an update. As luck would have it, those people have already been updated on life since they're my dad, brother, and sister.....haha...but I still like writing for all those anonymous followers...I'm sure I have many! =)...lol...
For the last 6 months Adam has been studying for the Law School Admission Test. (The cool kids call it the LSAT)...it's a test like no other. It's not fact based like the DAT (dental) or MCAT (medical) it's skills based. It's a test that can be learned. But don't misunderstand, it's not easy by any means. For Adam to study as much as he did is not unheard of at all...in fact it's encouraged and recommended--any less studying would almost certainly result in an undesired score. This semester he completed an internship at Congressman Jason Chaffetz's office. He did it for college credit and he went to it monday, wednesday, and friday. During down time while he was at the internship (which by the way he loved--the internship, not the down time) he studied. And on tuesdays and thursdays while I was gone he was home, studying. 8 hours a day for months and months.
Here's a sample question from the Games section: Three couples--John and Kate, Lewis and Marie, and Nat and Olive have dinner in a restaurant together. Kate, Marie, and Olive are women; the other three are men. Each person orders one and only one of the following kinds was able to study. In addition, every tuesday and thursday while I was teaching he was home studying all day. Literally 8 hours straight he'd studied. He was dedicated and the more he worked problems the more he was able to see what tricks and skills he needed to attack each problem.
of entrees: pork chops, roast beef, swordfish, tilefish, veal cutlet. The six people order in a manner consistent with the following conditions:
The two people in each couple do not order the same kind of entree as the other.
None of the men orders the same kind of entree as any of the other women.
Marie orders swordfish.
Neither John nor Nat orders a fish entree.
Olive orders roast beef.
Ok...that's the setup or something...there's a certain term for it. But then you have 7 questions to answer that go along with that setup. Here's the thing...the test is about 100 or 101 questions. There's 5 sections. (One is experimental and not counted, but you don't know which one it is until after you get your score) And it's timed. Each section you have a certain amount of time so when you do the math, you have approximately 1 minute to answer each question. If your mind wonders for even 60 seconds, you're behind. It's intense.
Needless to say, a lot is riding on Adam doing well on this test. So a couple weeks ago, we got up early (he couldn't sleep and neither could I) and got everything he needed for the test and I drove him down to UVU...he didn't want to take it at the U, although it would have been closer. Since we couldn't sleep, we woke up really early and got there really early. I've been meaning to take more pictures of us and the things we do, but haven't done a good job at it...but here is a before picture...
Adam is wearing his "lucky" Bruins t-shirt. It's not really lucky per se...
although he was wearing it when they won the Stanley Cup, but he wanted to wear it today and he said it was going to bring him luck! And you can't see it, but I'm wearing a Tulsa Hurricanes t-shirt, which represents the law school that he would like to go to. We got to UVU super early and went up to the Loft to try to relax for a minute...I turned on Sportscenter on the big TV for him to watch and try to take his mind of what he was about to do...we just sat and watched for about 15 minutes...as the time got closer for him to go I got really emotional (I get emotional now just thinking about it)...he worked really hard, he's a smart guy, and it's such a big deal...I just want him to do well. I'm very proud of him. Plus, he's so handsome. =) Anyway, I told him I loved him and Good Luck and he went on his way with his pencils, ID, bottled water, and a snack---it's a 4 hour test that was all he could take...oh and a analog watch...and I just waited.
After the test he came walking up, exhausted. He felt/feels good about the job he did on the test. It's out of a possible 180. He gets his score sometime in January (longer than usual because of the holidays). It takes so long to get the score because they have to do what I think is called "exacting" or something like that. Essentially, they create a curve for the test. If everyone scores unusually high then they know the test was a little on the easier side so they curve it so not everyone scored a 170...or the same on the opposite side, if everyone scored 150 then they know the test was too hard so they'll "curve" it appropriately so there's a broad range or scores. But if you're wondering what we've been doing for the past 6 months...that's what...studying for the LSAT...well, me? I just took naps and ate while Adam studied. =)
