So we thought a Practice Court subject as part of our curriculum is just what we need to prepare us for our own practice (hopefully as soon as we become lawyers) someday. So we thought. Sarcasm aside, we ought to think so.
After going through the summer-long stint of court visits, we sure had quite enough real-life court action experience. And then again we thought that should make wonders for us and allow us to breeze through our regular Practice court classes. Until it was time for us to have a role-play portraying an actual court session. Not like we were not aware ages ago that we will be tasked to do just. Much as it did not come to a surprise to us, our trademark carefree attitudes and bloating confidences didn’t come handy at all.
What was expected to be a very formal, serious and stiff showcase of a court session, in only a matter of seconds from the start of the action, turned out to be a really funny and spontaneous comedic act.
And so did the very lucky first group made its way to entertain us. And indeed entertain the entire pack of us inside our neatly-staged moot court. Nothing really does compare to raw and practical humor.
There went the group, looking a bit tense but seemingly in control. The Clerk of Court stood up, acknowledged the entry of the judge while making the necessary remarks for opening the session. And then our professor went ‘No! No! No!’. Each of them, clueless of what went wrong, feverishly eyed each other for possible mistakes. And bang! bang! The gavel went on and off and on. Was it the number of times the gavel was struck? And that dear classmate who played the judge while trying to figure how many times to strike the gavel gave all of us a very cute puzzled innocent laugh-mode look.
My knees were literally shaking not from the freezing temperature of the room but because I could really no longer brace myself for that moment’s moment.
This or that definitely is going down history’s lane as one if not one of the fondest comedic act I’ve ever experienced inside a class room. The likes of me could easily be tickled by teachers and professors’ funny stories or crazy antics but that court session role-play was topping the list. And that is without a doubt.
I’m just glad it wasn’t yet our turn to humiliate ourselves but who cares really, when we all know we surely all will take our spots then. I’ll just have my fingers crossed for a fun one or a funnier one.
What was expected to be a very formal, serious and stiff showcase of a court session, in only a matter of seconds from the start of the action, turned out to be a really funny and spontaneous comedic act.
And so did the very lucky first group made its way to entertain us. And indeed entertain the entire pack of us inside our neatly-staged moot court. Nothing really does compare to raw and practical humor.
There went the group, looking a bit tense but seemingly in control. The Clerk of Court stood up, acknowledged the entry of the judge while making the necessary remarks for opening the session. And then our professor went ‘No! No! No!’. Each of them, clueless of what went wrong, feverishly eyed each other for possible mistakes. And bang! bang! The gavel went on and off and on. Was it the number of times the gavel was struck? And that dear classmate who played the judge while trying to figure how many times to strike the gavel gave all of us a very cute puzzled innocent laugh-mode look.
My knees were literally shaking not from the freezing temperature of the room but because I could really no longer brace myself for that moment’s moment.
This or that definitely is going down history’s lane as one if not one of the fondest comedic act I’ve ever experienced inside a class room. The likes of me could easily be tickled by teachers and professors’ funny stories or crazy antics but that court session role-play was topping the list. And that is without a doubt.
I’m just glad it wasn’t yet our turn to humiliate ourselves but who cares really, when we all know we surely all will take our spots then. I’ll just have my fingers crossed for a fun one or a funnier one.
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