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Friday, October 05, 2007
nightmares (bangungot)
I started having nightmares about the bar exam after my disastrous exam in Taxation. Probably I was thinking too much that I might have a disualifying grade on that subject.The nightmare goes like:
I am at the Supreme Court (our office:OAJNachura), the Boss entered his chambers and called me. I am shaking because I know the en banc deliberated on the bar exam results earlier that moring. I approached the Boss humbly and asked him "Justice, how many of the 6,000+ examinees passed?". He never answered my question. He told me to approach the Bar Confidant (a fellow townmate of the Boss from Catbalogan, Samar) and get the result of my exam.
I ran down through the stairs near the elevator and proceeded to the Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC), I saw the BC and introduced myself. She gave me a payslip like paper and I saw clearly the result of my exam. Political Law : 78, Labor Law: 82, Civil Law : 79, Taxation : 59. I immediately transferred eyes on the remarks column and it stated there "DISQUALIFIED". I went outside the OBC and met few law school friends smoking. I told them the result of my tax and...I woke up.
The second nightmare came a week after the bar exam:
I am at the examination room, together with the 2k7 bar examinees, the headproctor is Atty. I, our chief of staff. Ironic because I know her but she doesn't recognized that we both came from OAJN. BE's will be taking a second Remedial law exam. Surprising because the examination questions was the very same we took in the first REM exam. The headproctor distributed two sets of booklets. The first is where we will write down our answers and the second set was the corrected first REM exam. I notice my grade: It was 90 (Hopefully, I can really get this much in reality!). One of the BE's asked the headproctor why we are taking the same exam, Atty. I answered: "J.C. (the suspected examiner) wanted to know if you already have learned from your mistakes in the first exam). I opened my first Rem exam booklet and I saw a marginal note: your mistake is Mandamus, it will lie for violation of the rt. to speedy trial. I am surprised, the examiner deducted 10% for that mistake and gave me full credit for all my correct answers which is 90%.
There were beds at the corner of the examination room. I am so tired that when I saw my friend Glad, I sat beside her then we talked about our mistakes in the first rem exam. Atty. I called our attention and... I woke up, it's already 5:30 a.m. time to wake up for my office comeback!
The third nightmare was last night. It goes like:
I walk through the dark alley of the SC's skywalk to proceed to the grounds of the SC New Building. It was the BIG DAY: Bar Results are posted in the board at the grounds. I saw the GT cheering up for those who passed. I checked the postings on the last board near the SC's gate. I am expecting my name there because my surname started with among the latest letters from the alphabet. I saw TOLENTINO, many of them but after Tolentino, Bianca the next was Tolentino, Su. I cried secretly near the SC's guardhouse and my Dad tapped my back and...I woke up.
The morning pressures from the Dementors everywhere, I am trying to manage. It is an everyday struggle I hope I can handle until April. But, since the nightmares are recurring...I have decided to sleep less. :(
Now tell me... Am I entitled to MORAL DAMAGES for mental anguish, sleepless nights, moral anxiety caused by the bar exams?
Haaaay.
I am at the Supreme Court (our office:OAJNachura), the Boss entered his chambers and called me. I am shaking because I know the en banc deliberated on the bar exam results earlier that moring. I approached the Boss humbly and asked him "Justice, how many of the 6,000+ examinees passed?". He never answered my question. He told me to approach the Bar Confidant (a fellow townmate of the Boss from Catbalogan, Samar) and get the result of my exam.
I ran down through the stairs near the elevator and proceeded to the Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC), I saw the BC and introduced myself. She gave me a payslip like paper and I saw clearly the result of my exam. Political Law : 78, Labor Law: 82, Civil Law : 79, Taxation : 59. I immediately transferred eyes on the remarks column and it stated there "DISQUALIFIED". I went outside the OBC and met few law school friends smoking. I told them the result of my tax and...I woke up.
The second nightmare came a week after the bar exam:
I am at the examination room, together with the 2k7 bar examinees, the headproctor is Atty. I, our chief of staff. Ironic because I know her but she doesn't recognized that we both came from OAJN. BE's will be taking a second Remedial law exam. Surprising because the examination questions was the very same we took in the first REM exam. The headproctor distributed two sets of booklets. The first is where we will write down our answers and the second set was the corrected first REM exam. I notice my grade: It was 90 (Hopefully, I can really get this much in reality!). One of the BE's asked the headproctor why we are taking the same exam, Atty. I answered: "J.C. (the suspected examiner) wanted to know if you already have learned from your mistakes in the first exam). I opened my first Rem exam booklet and I saw a marginal note: your mistake is Mandamus, it will lie for violation of the rt. to speedy trial. I am surprised, the examiner deducted 10% for that mistake and gave me full credit for all my correct answers which is 90%.
There were beds at the corner of the examination room. I am so tired that when I saw my friend Glad, I sat beside her then we talked about our mistakes in the first rem exam. Atty. I called our attention and... I woke up, it's already 5:30 a.m. time to wake up for my office comeback!
The third nightmare was last night. It goes like:
I walk through the dark alley of the SC's skywalk to proceed to the grounds of the SC New Building. It was the BIG DAY: Bar Results are posted in the board at the grounds. I saw the GT cheering up for those who passed. I checked the postings on the last board near the SC's gate. I am expecting my name there because my surname started with among the latest letters from the alphabet. I saw TOLENTINO, many of them but after Tolentino, Bianca the next was Tolentino, Su. I cried secretly near the SC's guardhouse and my Dad tapped my back and...I woke up.
The morning pressures from the Dementors everywhere, I am trying to manage. It is an everyday struggle I hope I can handle until April. But, since the nightmares are recurring...I have decided to sleep less. :(
Now tell me... Am I entitled to MORAL DAMAGES for mental anguish, sleepless nights, moral anxiety caused by the bar exams?
Haaaay.
Labels: 2007 bar exam experience, moral damages, nightmares
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1 Comments:
Thank God I'm NOT having nightmares.
However, do you have a large rock I could hide under until April? Everyone seems to know I took the Bar and I don't wanna talk about it anymore. Hay.
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