Decisions Decisions Decisions

My mother sent back the paperwork on Friday for my loan tio go to American. If everything goes through ok, I'll be there this fall. I've spoken to a few people about the school and everyone seems to feel very strong about it so I think I'm making the right choice. My only regret is that I won't be leaving the area. The new plan is to spend summers working outside of DC.

I spend quite a bit of time reading message boards dedicated to discussing law school issues for new and current students. I must admit, I am a bit disheartened by the negative comments made regarding minorities. I can tell that some of it is meant to shock and upset people, and that stuff doesn't irk me. The problem i have is the less obvious stuff. It amazes me how afraid some of these people appear to be of black people. Things like "i don't want to go to that school because it's in a bad neighborhood. "Bad neighborhoods" are black 95% of the time. I feel like I'm going back to high school all over again. The difference is that in high school i didn't even know who i was, so i just tried my best to fit in. Now, i have it pretty much figured out and now i have to decide just how much of that i'm going to let come out on a day to day basis.

Just when i think things are getting easier...