Your Profession?

M'Lord, don't listen to Starr or anyone else who now judges you by age. Did you know there is even a scripture in the Bible that says "let no one look down on your youth>"
Some teens can be wiser than just about ready to retire gentlemen.It all depends upon your heart, your lifestyle and the responsibilities you have been given at a young age and your view of the world and your responsibility in it.
As for me, your thoughts have many times blessed me and I am richer for them.
Virgil, tonight I broke down and cried for baby Hasia because she is not better yet. I upset my family because of my behaviour and believe me I have no halo. I just wish her pain was mine then I would have joy.

Starr is right, unless you have an inhouse job writing for some publication or chain of newspapers you will have to have another job that actually pays you every two weeks like everyone else. there are some who are art or food critics or movie critics that travel and free lance but i am inclined to think they have rich parents. listen to Virgil, if you are blessed with the opportunity and money to get a degree, get one.

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Originally Posted by Nightshade

Ps virgil did the pasting work??

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Yes, thank you. Now I participate on the Google image thread.

We~ell, I'm sure nobody realized this and so it comes as a complete surprise to everybody (especially those people who've been posting in the "PAM" thread *ahem*) but I am a student myself.
Of (Austrian law) and English.
I enjoy it very much at least that part of my studies in which I'm actually studying ... AND before anyone starts to ask: NO, law is NOT "dry" or boring or anything like that. In fact, it's fun and much more interesting than anything I could currently think of ... and that's a lot of things.

Themis: I hope that you will pass the final exam with good grades. Keep on working hard.

Which one? ;)
But still thanks.:)

I'm a Student at the moment, but hoping to become an English and Drama teacher, and at some point do some writing, but I would love to act on stage at least once! Hehe....fun fun fun!

I love the law more than I can express. Not that I agree with a lot of what is currently on the books. But for instance in doing a legal brief, it is truly a very high art form and with words you can either save a man's life or lose it. I have taken most of my paralegal and will finish when I get some books out of the way. Later I will study criminal law. I will not become a defense lawyer because I refuse to ever represent someone that I believe is the merest fraction guilty. that is why I want to become perhaps a prosecuting attorney and use the money for those I do believe are innocent and get them out with the dna process. but law is beautiful. I was studying both Canadian and American law. how incredibly different they are really. In our courts the lawyers for instance must be completely gowned in black robes and have these red sort of bow ties, and must continually nod in a bowing sort of way to his honor. we don't say my lord like the english but we have a lot of their ways. and it can be so boring to the watcher if they don't love the law. American law is so loud and aggressive and adversarial, rather like a soap opera and the methods used are rather exciting and audiences can be rivited like at a great movie. And the way the attorneys dress seems so casual and a little disrespectful, especially the ladies at times.
you will be brilliant Themis, just remember to excell at doing briefs.

There is much variety here. By now, I am a psychologist but actually teach statistics at university. Also, I'm studying Literature. There are some other activities, but part time. Everithing is part time, in facts.

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Originally Posted by Virgil

Papaya - Nice to know there is another engineer on the forum. Would you agree with my characterization of engineering? Also, the engineering field has been predominantly male, and it still is, but lately we've hired a bunch of female engineers. I find them to be top notch.

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I sort of agree with your characterization.... I really enjoyed the math parts, but have to admit getting through it was difficult.

It has been predominately male profession, there's still a lot of that "good ol' boy" network out there though. My biggest pet peeve is that men still apologize for their language, I'll be in a meeting and someone will be swearing up a strom look directly at me and say I apologize for my language. argghhhhhhh, that drives me crazy!!!!!!!! Do they not realize i just spent the morning on the plant floor talking like that???

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M'Lord, don't listen to Starr or anyone else who now judges you by age.

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I was judged by my age when I was a teenager. Why should I let Robin off the hook? Turnabout is fair play and it's his turn now.

Fair play? I wasn't the one judging you, starr.

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and it can be so boring to the watcher if they don't love the law.

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Alas!
Though mostly I believe they just don't understand it. My brother always goes away when my mother and I start talking about the law. And I don't think he has a clue about it.

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American law is so loud and aggressive and adversarial, rather like a soap opera and the methods used are rather exciting and audiences can be rivited like at a great movie.

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The American law is very different to ours (Austria's) because of the case law. We have codices where the paragraphs and articles are listed but since the US doesn't have any such "lists" except for the Constitution I think. I wonder, while studying it, did you study the cases?
( I do admit that my knowledge of the American Law is very, very much not there. :rolleyes: I only ever read about it in my "Philosophy of Law" script.)

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you will be brilliant Themis, just remember to excell at doing briefs.

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I certainly hope so. But I don't think I'll be working as attorney or judge or something like that. Though "prosecuting attorney" has a nice ring to it. ;)

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Originally Posted by RobinHood3000

Fair play? I wasn't the one judging you, starr.

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Doesn't matter that it wasn't you. Older people judge young people, usually harshly. It's an age thing. When I was 17, my elders ridiculed my opinions and it didn't kill me. In certain ways it made me stronger and more determined.

Think of this in terms of Roman law. If a Roman soldier was insulted by a senior officer, he wasn't allowed to insult him back (on pain of death.) But it was acceptable for the junior officer to take retribution against one of his underlings. This made sense to the Romans, who recognized the right of the injured party to vent his feelings and thus rid himself of a grievance. But they didn't see why it necessarily had to be directed against offending party.

In case you are wondering what ancient Roman law has to do with the modern world, the U.S. and most European countries are based a lot more on the legacy of Rome than on Christianity or other influences.

According to my diploma I am an Environmental Engineering Technologist. My current job title is Construction and Discrete Linear Asset Management Inspector.

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Originally Posted by starrwriter

In case you are wondering what ancient Roman law has to do with the modern world, the U.S. and most European countries are based a lot more on the legacy of Rome than on Christianity or other influences.

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Star - You've seemed to develop your own personal view of history. No one actually has on the books any law dating back to the Romans. What your confusing is how nations establish precedents. Meaning that the process is based on the Romans, not the actual laws themselves.