8 Habits Law Students Need to Leave In 2021
By now, you’ve likely seen a million and one EOTY appreciation posts on different people’s WhatsApp statuses and IG stories. Cute love mails were flying around…but none reached your inbox. You are sad and wondering why nobody said nice things about you. “Am I a bad person”, you ask yourself. Well, I’m here to tell you you are not a bad person. You just have a very bad character. Don’t worry, there is still hope. If you take my advice and let go of these 7 bad habits, I promise your inbox would be filled with EOTY love mails by the end of this year.
1. Stop asking questions when the class is about to end
Yes, I’m talking to you, Tade. You had 1 hour 30 minutes to ask your question but you chose the very last minute to do so. Don’t you have a conscience? I promise you the lecturer knows you are a good student. After all, you always sit in the front row. You are displaying your wisdom while the rest of us have already mentally zoned out of the class and are thinking of whether to go to Iya Moria or Mavise.
Now you see why nobody likes you enough to send an EOTY mail? Change your ways, my friend. Change!
2. Stop making noise while lecture is going on
Now, the fact I’m not paying attention to what the lecturer is saying does not give you license to turn the class to Yaba Market. You don’t know how to keep your mouth shut. Sometimes, you even talk for the whole 1hour 30 minutes duration of the class while taking occasional water breaks. What exactly is the color of your problem, Seyi?
This is why everyone intentionally chose to omit your email address from their mailing list. Don’t get me wrong, they might like you but they don’t like that big mouth of yours. You can do better in 2022.
3. Stop wearing palm slippers on white and black
This sub is particularly targeted at guys. Same pair of slippers you wore to the bathroom, to church, Papiies, you still want to wear it to class. Comrade, why now? Would it kill you if you wore a pair of Oxford shoes or brogues? My wish is that next year, the Faculty starts seizing palm slippers. If you choose to do stronghead, you will leave barefoot. Maybe that’ll do the trick.
Some girls like you but that your slippers is a red flag. This is probably why your crush sent cute voicemail to 100 people except you.
4. Stop calling people “scholar” just because they are reading
If you do this, you deserve flogging and zero love mails. How can I be fighting for my life and you are whining me? Are they paying you? Faculty is serving me breakfast and you think it’s a good time to crack jokes. No wonder a lot of people don’t like you. Weyrey!
You better change your nonsense ways.
5. Stop reserving more than one seat
In this regard, some of you don’t have joy. How can you reserve a whole row? Jennifer, A WHOLE ROW? Did you pay VIP tuition fees? I don’t have a problem with you reserving a seat. I do it too but a whole row is just wickedness.
Also, those of you that would reserve seat for someone that is over 30 minutes late need to do some soul-searching. You can see a number of people standing yet you don’t want to release that chair. Wickedness x2.
People have likely observed this your bad character and chose not to send you any EOTY mail. I won’t be surprised if some people have already cut you off.
6. Stop sitting in someone else’s unassigned assigned seat
C’mon, don’t pretend. You know that’s where Tolu likes sitting but because you are stubborn, you chose to sit there. In case you didn’t know, law students hold grudges and that’s why she didn’t tell you how you made her 2021 wonderful even though you borrowed her your tax note that one time.
Stop being a wicked person, my dear.
7. Stop checking other people’s results
What kind of man-marking is that? Are you N’golo Kante? Why do you feel the need to find out what Daniel got in Human Rights? What would you use that piece of information for? Yes, he dubbed your sheet and got a higher grade than you. Big deal!
You can remember everybody’s matric number but you can’t remember your cases. Nobody likes a person with misplaced priorities so you better change your ways.
8. Stop disappearing after classes
You can’t run from this sub like you do after classes. Immediately the lecturer says, “Have a nice day”, you carry your bag and follow suit like you are her assistant. Nobody can locate you because you’ve gone back to your hostel. Now you’re wondering why nobody sent you EOTY mails. It is because nobody knows you. Jola, do you even know your course mates’ names?
Please, turn a new leaf this year and stop acting like you are owing people money. I promise you, law students are friendly.
If you follow my advice and drop these bad habits in 2021, your circle of friends would increase and you will likely receive EOTY mails this year. Happy new year, folks.
