Anticipation
Posted on February 15, 2012
The results of the 2011 bar examinations are slated to be released on February 22, 2012, exactly a week from now. I am betting my inexistent bank account that the barristers will, from this night forth, be having sleepless nights, seven to be exact (or maybe eigth for how can anyone sleep when the dawn finally breaks?).
Well, were I in their place (which will be in two years’ time), I would definitely be paranoid about receiving text messages and answering calls. I would probably visit the Supreme Court website every hour until the inevitable happens. And of course, pray as if because my professional life depends on it. Gah! The pressure! And it is not even my turn yet!
The schools must be experiencing the jitters too since most lay people base a school’s quality of legal education on the results of the bar examinations. No matter the lip service, numbers is the most objective of rulers. It may not say much, but at least it does not lie.
Nothing can be done at this point though, but to anticipate. The tests have been taken and presumably checked. Every barrister’s fate has been sealed; they just have to show up to claim it.
