Unducation

Pronunciation: \ˌən-jə-ˈkā-shən\

Function: noun

Date: 2009

1 a: the action or process of un-educating or of being made dumber. ; also : a stage of such a process b: the brain-drain resulting from an experience which leaves you less educated than when you began


I have been unducated since starting law school. When I meet someone new and they ask me what I do for a living, I tell them I am in school. Then they ask, “What are you studying?” I hesitantly answer, “Law, I am in law school”. BAM!

As soon as I utter those words, the tone of the conversation totally changes. People seem to think that law students are smart. They also think that they will make a lot of money (ha!). But in actuality, being in law school ONLY makes you a smarter lawyer. That’s just about it. When it comes to important stuff like interpersonal communication and not being a pompous asshole, law school unducates you. If you like to be locked in a cube with your bffs Glannon and Emmanuel for 60 hours a week, then this is the place for you. Those social skills you used to have quickly disappear and you are turned into a cubicle-troll reading about fucking res ipsa loquitur. And for fuck's sake, if I have to meet one more law student who tosses around legal terminology and big words I am going to lay the smack down. That little exchange I referenced between me and jo-schmo above doesn’t help with the whole ego thing. Much weaker minded individuals than me are essentially star-fucked when someone starts giving them respect for being “smart” based solely on the fact that they are in law school. Getting r-e-s-p-e-c-t left and right for being “s-m-r-t”, I mean “s-m-a-r-r-t” can really turn you into a pompous prick pretty damn quick. When it comes to all the important stuff in life, law school leads to unducation.