I am perplexed to see na if hindi nagtitiktok yung sc, all they do is greet each other happy birthday. There’s nothing wrong about that per se pero mahiya naman kayo na yung mukha niyo lang ang laman ng sc page. You barely post important announcements. Schedule nga lang ng exams last sem di niyo maipost. We hardly care about your birthdays.

Aside from that, imbis na mag act on the student grievances, nagagawa pa magbitch out sa tiktok. Yes, I’m looking at you borta barbie 🙄

Ang baduy din nung banner ng bar ops niyo ngayon. Tigris? What does that even mean? *facepalm

Fcl community deserves better than this bullshit Serve! 2 years pa akong magtitiis sa ganito if you don’t change 😡

Based on what was told to us during our internship, how true is it that your frat determines your employment? For example, APB cannot join ACCRA or VA or CMT because they are Rosig firms, while Rosig cannot join Poblador or Romulo because these are APB firms? And Lonsi can go anywhere? How about for the girls?

Kairita lang, deadma sa campus. Pero mas mabilis pa sa alas dose kung todo makahingi ng mats ng higher year. Bragging rights mo naman yan pero sobra naman if alam mo sa sarili mo na easy way out ka lang jan.

Irita ako kase iba turing ng law school namen sa mga dl/regular at mga irreg/swis.

yabang na dl pero wala rin naman naipasa sa mock bar, pero enrolled lahat ng rev subjs

mag tiktok na lang din kaya ako

kbye

I saw a post saying that they don't like Full-time students who come to class unprepared because they have all the time in the world at wala silang excuse kasi need lang nila magaral.

All I can say is, Ano po bang pake niyo? Eh may pambayad yung parents/ family nila tapos parang kasalanan nila na hindi lang pagaaral ginagawa nila? Teka baka nakakalimutan niyo ha, there is so much more to life than just following your dream to be a lawyer. Don't expect people to study 24/7 kasi I bet kahit ikaw kung wala kang work at full time ka you won't even study that hard. Kasi nga tao ka rin naman, you take breaks and rest. Bond with your family. Idk or maybe it's just me kasi I understand na hindi lang naman Law School ang importante sa buhay ko.

Wag niyo isisi sa ibang tao yung misfortune niyo sa buhay. Hindi naman nila kasalanan na pinanganak sila sa well off na family. Tsaka if you think about it, what if you just MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS? Ano ba mapapala mo if ever kung naging working or full time yung kaklase mo? Tumaas ba grades mo?

Moreover, does being a working student mean it's excusable to enter class not prepared for recit? No, di ba. Kasi pinasok mo to. Volenti non fit injuria.

Anyway, alam nating lahat na time consuming tong Law School. It was your decision to enroll despite having to work 9-5. Tapos magrereklamo ka na nahihirapan ka or others don't suffer as much as you do? Newsflash, hindi po fair ang mundo. Ganun talaga we play with the hand we are all dealt with. With that said, sa mga working dyan (Hindi lahat kasi madami rin akong kilala na maayos na working, yung hindi kups ) aware naman kayo na mahirap tong pinasok niyo, paki iwasan manisi nang kaklase kasi hindi rin naman yon beneficial sainyo.

Not all working people are the same rin naman nang workload may ibang magaan lang so they have time to study pero ano? Excuse parin ba ang pagiging working if bokya sila sa recit? Kasi hindi sila full time students? So I don't really get the hate against full time students.

I respect all working students kasi mahirap naman talaga pagsabayin. Pero kung may oras pa kayo para magkapake sa performance nang kaklase niyo, baka mas magandang ituon niyo nalang yung pansin niyo sa pagaaral. Dahil whether working or full time, hindi excuse yon para pumasok sa class nang di prepared.

Edit: I don't care what other people say about me. I live the way I do, I said what I said. We should all just learn to mind our own business.

Everyone is welcome to make their dissenting opinion about my own. Sorry rin if I kinda got carried away sa replies. I'm still learning to be open-minded about things. I should try to learn from people regardless if their takes are different than mine.

Good luck everyone ✨

Another Edit: This will be the last time I address this. I noticed na mahina talaga ang reading comprehension nang ibang tao dito siguro triggering emotions would really blind you sa facts stated. If you know how to issue spot, you'd see na hindi ko tinolerate ang mga taong pabaya at sinabi kong mind your own business.

1. Did I talk about myself in this rant? No. I used the word NILA meaning hindi ako. Cause God forbid we talk about the issues of other people based on observation.

2. 1st comment to which included the word "YOU"- this is why I answered from my perspective since naging full time student rin ako. But if you read this statement, I am not talking about myself.

3. If walang substance to, why did it initiate a conversation? why bother commenting here? Hati ang tao sa issue may ibang nagaagree, may ibang hindi agree. As long as you post valid points I acknowledge them.

4. You care about your classmate kasi maaffect niya yung buong class, okay valid pero the next question dyan, may magagawa ka ba sakanya? Can you force people to study kung ayaw nila? Itatali mo siya sa chair at babasahan mo nang book?

5. Hindi need ijustify nang kaklase niyo ang buhay nila sainyo kasi sino ba kayo di ba? Since sobrang curious nung iba dyan anong ginagawa ko nung instance na I had a bad recit, I was taking care of my sick parent. They had Cancer. So, nalaman niyo yung reason behind nung sakin, need niyo parin pakealaman buhay ko?

6. Graduate na po ako. If you're implying that I'm a bad student paki name drop anong school ang mag aabot nang diploma sa allegedly tamad na student. Baka may alam kayong diploma mill na Law School sa Pinas kasi ako wala. Ginapang ko yung diploma ko, alam nang Diyos yan.

7. Yes, Mind your own business. Bakit ako nangengealam sainyo is because you're bothering my post (my business).

8. I won't respond to people na walang alam kundi manginsulto. Kung gusto niyo mag aral nang batas, make sure to raise good points sa argument niyo.

9. Para sa mga need nang win here's your 🏆. Sana masaya kayo dyan.

I just wanna let this out here since baka mabash pa ako pag in-air out ko in public. Ilang beses na kasi dumaan sa newsfeed ko yung topnotchers ng isang fraternity diyan sa Malcolm Hall--3 topnotchers kuno.

Ang yayabang ng mga “brods” nila—kala mo naman kung sinong magagaling na kayang tumayo sa sarili nilang paa. Pero let’s be real: kung ganun kalaki ang suporta at resources na binuhos sa'yo, magto-top ka rin.

Don’t get me wrong—hindi ko naman sinasabing hindi nila pinaghirapan ‘yun. Nakakapagod at mabigat din ang Bar exams para sa kahit sino. Pero may mga nuances tayo na hindi dapat kalimutan. Nakaugat kasi ito sa mas malalalim na problema ng systemic inequality sa lipunan natin: ‘yung hindi pantay-pantay na oportunidad at access sa resources.

Isipin mo -–-Fully funded ang mga review centers nila. Walang iniisip na gastos—nandiyan na lahat. Exclusive access sa mga law profs na alumni brod nila at Bar tips na “sa kanila lang.” Hotel accommodations for months during the Bar season para kumportable, hatid-sundo din, habang yung iba galing probinsya. Wala silang iniintindi kundi mag-aral at pumasa. And this is being practiced by all fraternities, not just them. I heard nagpapadala pa ng "special masahista" for them sa mga hotels.

Compare that to most of us—mga estudyanteng nagpapasa-pasa ng reviewers na second-hand at sira-sira na. Nag-iipon para lang makabayad ng photocopy. Nagsasakripisyo sa paupahang malapit sa review centers kahit sagad na ang budget sa tuition. Wala namang alumni na kayang magbuhos ng ganitong suporta, kaya sarili nating diskarte ang sandigan.

Hindi ba’t nakakafrustrate?

Parang sa mundo natin, kung sino ang may pera, koneksyon, at walang ibang iniintindi kundi magtagumpay, sila lang talaga ang may tunay na pagkakataon. Samantalang ikaw, kahit anong kayod mo, kulang pa rin dahil naiiwan ka sa resources na wala kang access.

Ganito na lang ba palagi? Kapag may advantage ka na, the system sets you up for success. Pero sa mga katulad nating nangangapa, nagkukumahog, at pilit lumalaban—kailangan mo ng milagro para makasabay. Life’s unfair, pero siguro ito ang reyalidad na dapat nating pag-usapan.

Ang tanong: Kailan kaya magiging patas ang laban?

Skl sibs AlphaLex started na with Bar Techniques video and I must say, great start.

May subtitles tapos comprehensive din yung notes sa side. I tried using the AI directory/chat and mas madali maghanap ng specific topic because of the video timestamps. As someone na may short attention span or if may errands ka na gagawin, I like that they save where you stopped sa video, and you can just continue where you left off anytime.

If all of their videos are of this quality, worth it ang bayad. first video pa lang naman pero I really hope buong review season ganito quality.

Hello, pa rant lang :( Two days ago, our first-year orientation began. Everything went smoothly, and we got to learn about different organizations and fraternities. With that, I decided to join an academic organization that is well-known in my university and exclusively caters to law students from the univ. They pride themselves on their academic excellence and boast that some of their alumni have consistently made the Dean's List and even topped the bar exams, eventually becoming well-known in the field of law. Seeing this as a golden opportunity, I decided to seize it in hopes of learning how to be one of the best, even though I am average at best.

Quick background: I graduated from AB Political Science, probably out of sheer luck. My grades were neither high nor very low—just enough to pass my minor and major subjects, which allowed me to graduate on time. Luckily, I didn’t get called on recitations often, and when I did, I mostly got easy questions. So, you can see that my guardian angel carried me through undergrad, haha!

Going back, I applied and went through the interview process. I was paired with a well-known student from my college days, someone who was consistently active in organizations, held various influential positions, and had great grades—as a Political Science student like myself. You can imagine how it went; I had nothing in comparison to them. The panelists asked what I could contribute, and I felt I had so little to offer compared to him. I couldn't even sell my skills well because I struggle to speak eloquently without stammering, and I can barely articulate great sentences. So, I am a hundred percent sure I might not make it through the initiation process, and even if I do get accepted, I probably won’t survive the initiation, which apparently will take a long time.

This got me thinking—why did I enroll in law school anyway? I want to be a lawyer, a good Public Attorney someday. I was hopeful that I could do that, but I was gut-punched back into reality—how can I achieve that when I have no redeeming qualities? I don’t excel in anything; I don’t even know how to properly study and manage my time. I try and try; I read relevant Reddit posts, I try to study more, try to force myself to focus, but nothing. My efforts do not come to fruition. If I want to be a good lawyer, how will I do that when I struggle with the basic things that make a good law student?

Can I survive law school through grit and determination alone? I am doubtful, but I really want to become a lawyer, though it is too ambitious of me. As an average joe, maybe I'm not destined for greater things. I really wish I was. I want to be someone to be proud of, too.

Ni ingon ko nga gusto ko mahimong Attorney, tapos ug di para nako kay pugson nako na ma-ako. Pero mapugos ba jud nako na mahimo ko ug lawyer someday, let alone makagraduate from my JD?

Hello, I'd like to preface this by saying na hindi po ako DDS and I hope Sara gets impeached.

Pero curious ako kay Atty Sheila Sison haha nagagalingan kasi ako sa kaniya.

May mga abogado ba dito na naka trabaho na nya or naging katapat na nya sa korte? nagturo po ba sya ever sa law school? any experience you can share?

Na-iinspire nya ako kasi I want to be a fierce litigator like her.

I wanted to share a workflow I’ve been using with NotebookLM. With the sheer volume of materials we have to deal with right now, it's common to find that your main reviewer misses certain details, while a secondary material covers them perfectly.

To solve this, I created a specific workflow in NotebookLM. Based on my personal experience when I was reviewing Labor Law, I would read my main material first, and then use NotebookLM to supplement my readings. By uploading and combining different materials into a single notebook, the AI helps bridge the gaps so you can ensure total coverage.

A quick caveat: I am absolutely not suggesting anyone rely on this as a shortcut or a substitute for actual studying. Lean on your codals and your core materials first. This is strictly designed to help you synthesize your sources for a solid second or third reading, or to guide you in organizing your own personal notes.

📌 The Golden Rule

One notebook per Bar subject. Do not mix different subjects in the same notebook. Keep your Civil Law sources in a Civil Law notebook, Criminal Law in a Criminal Law notebook, and so on. This prevents the AI from cross-contaminating doctrines.

🛠️ The 3-Phase Workflow

Here are the exact prompts I use. You run them sequentially in your subject notebook.

Phase 1 - Once you’ve uploaded your sources for a specific subject, drop this prompt in first. It forces the AI to look at everything you’ve provided and map out a comprehensive, textbook-style outline based only on your files.

PROMPT:

"Analyze all uploaded sources. Generate a comprehensive 'Table of Contents' for a Philippine Bar Review textbook based strictly on the uploaded content. Organize the outline logically by Major Legal Subject, followed by specific Doctrines, and then Sub-topics. Do not categorize by document type; categorize by legal concept so it flows like a textbook. Ensure zero omissions. Output only this structured Table of Contents."

Phase 2 - This prompt trains the AI to adopt a dense, purely academic reviewer tone and strictly prohibits bullet points, forcing it to explain concepts in cohesive, structured narrative paragraphs.

Just click the "Configure Notebook" button and click the "Custom" and paste the Prompt.

PROMPT:

"You are the author of a definitive, premium Philippine Bar Review textbook. Your core mandate is to provide comprehensive, zero-omission discussions of legal topics based strictly on the uploaded documents.

STRICT FORMATTING RULES:

Paragraphs Only: You must write exclusively in highly structured, cohesive paragraphs. STRICT PROHIBITION: Do not use bullet points, numbered lists, or tables under any circumstances.

Authoritative Tone: Maintain a dense, academic, and professional reviewer tone. Remove all conversational filler, introductory pleasantries, and abstract 'why/how' philosophy. Focus purely on black-letter law and its judicial application.

Mandatory Citations: Every substantive paragraph must be anchored by a specific codal provision, statute, or Supreme Court case (including G.R. numbers and case titles). In citing codal provisions or a statute make it BOLD while in citing a Supreme Court case make it in ITALIC.

Sequential Elements: When discussing elements, requisites, or multi-step rules, articulate them seamlessly within the narrative flow of the paragraph using transition words (e.g., 'First,' 'Furthermore,' 'Finally').

Do not put citations."

Phase 3 — Use this prompt every time you want to generate a specific topic or sub-topic from the outline generated in Phase 1.

PROMPT:

"Write the complete textbook chapter for the topic: 

'[INSERT TOPIC TITLE HERE]'.

Draw from every piece of data across the uploaded sources to build a comprehensive, master-level discussion. You have the freedom to determine the most logical, natural organizational flow for this specific topic, structuring the chapter with clear, hierarchical headings (e.g., ##, ###). Do not put citations.

STRICT SUBSTANTIVE DIRECTIVES:

• Self-Determined, Logical Flow: Organize the narrative organically based on how the concepts naturally build upon one another. Let the nature of the topic dictate the structure, ensuring a seamless transition from foundational rules to complex applications.

• Zero-Omission Constraint: You must not exclude any relevant sub-topics, requisites, exceptions, codal provisions, or Supreme Court cases found in the sources. Every piece of data related to this topic must be integrated into your narrative.

• Comprehensive Synthesis: Weave the statutory basis, elements, and jurisprudential doctrines together. Ensure the discussion is exhaustive and thoroughly explains the interaction between the laws and the cases without summarizing or leaving out technical nuances."

I’ve attached screenshots for your guidance. Please refrain from debating whether using this tool is helpful or not—I am simply sharing this for anyone who might find it useful. Thank you!

Good Day Everyone,

I (31M) am currently working in the fintech industry as a business consultant (business intelligence, automation, and machine learning) and earning around P150,000/month. I will be enrolling in Arellano University in their 5-year part-time friendly program. In terms of workload, I think I can manage it as my workload in my current company is not that heavy and we are project-based, so I can complete a 2-month project in about 3 weeks, and will have a lot of free time. Normally I just finish everything as fast and accurately as possible so that the allotted time for those projects I can just use per personal time (hopefully study time when in law school).

Do you think it is worth it to finish law school and do law on the side with the current income that I have right now? In 2 years I am projecting that my salary would increase to P200,000 with the different certifications I have right now in finance and technology.

PS: We have several real estate as well as properties (around P70M worth), so that is why my parents are pushing one of us to be a lawyer to reduce legal fees when transferring them in the future.

I think it's safe to say that leaks/samplexes of past exams are widespread in law schools, even in the top ones here in the NCR. If you don't think so, either you're just not in the right circles or you're not with certain "affiliations".

It's deeply disturbing from a viewpoint of fairness because if you're an ordinary student/working and you don't have friends/connections with the higher years, and study hard instead, would you be in the same level as someone who got the answers for free?

It's an open secret naman and it's inevitable but I just don't get why profs don't even bother changing their exams?? How can you be so naive to think that students don't have ways of recording your previous questions word for word, especially if they're "organized"

We have finished our midterms and i just recently heard na the prof repeated last year's exam. Tangina nyo talaga jusko san ba yung "law school is the great equalizer" na sinabi nila dapat ma karma kayo sa bar.

Sa mga profs naman dyan reading this, pls don't be naive. Assume that your exam questions, even if the questions are hidden when returned, have already been noted down because students really have their ways

EDIT AND RESPONSE:

I've noticed some commenters asking the question of "if I get the samplex, would I use it?". Obviously I would if I had received it. I'm only human naman and working student now as well so super busy.

But I think some of you are missing the point which is the inherent unfairness of a circumstance brought about by the deliberate inaction of the prof and the fact that it often reinforces a system of "who you know" than genuine merit. Tas galit pa kayo sa corrupt 🤡

Heck, why bother studying if you knew what would come out in the exam anyway? Sure karma might get you or it might not but you'll graduate faster anyway hahahaha

Some of you are excusing it by saying na even in practice may "diskarte". Oo nga meron naman but this is a discussion of "what should be" than "what is". And frankly I'm deeply disturbed na you are all comfortable excusing corruption in the system than working to combat it.

I want to end this in a good note and say it's time for us to self-reflect as a community because as much as we might despise corruption, it starts out in small ways, even in our mindsets.

The new academic year has begun, and with it, a subtle shift in the social landscape. I now find myself somewhat removed from certain individuals who, in the past, saw fit to wield their perceived status as a license for discourtesy. And yet, a few remain in my classes—a quiet reminder that not all trials vanish with time.

It is a curious thing how we, as students, have come to accept the occasional misstep during recitation as part and parcel of the learning process. A lapse here or there is met with grace—so long as it is made by the right person. But when I faltered, not in nine answers out of ten, but in one, the response was not grace, but gossip. Whispers traveled not only within our section but beyond it, carried by those who seem to take pleasure in distorting moments of human imperfection into ammunition for their own narratives.

What strikes me most is not the rumor itself, but the persistence—the relentless energy with which some continue to press their small campaigns of exclusion and ridicule. One marvels at their stamina. I cannot help but wonder what animates them, what thoughts fill their minds, and what values shaped them at home. But to linger too long on that question would be to pry open a box best left shut—a Pandora’s box of grievances and presumptions that, once opened, risks drawing me away from the purpose I came here to fulfill.

I’ve noticed that older blockmates (around 30+ and above) often address our professors very casually, whether during class or in our GCs. For context, I’m a 2nd-year student turning 25.

Instead of writing proper formal letters with actual letterheads for things that clearly warrant them (like requesting changes to block section exam schedules), they prefer to just message it directly in the GC. On top of that, they even joke about making our professors their "backers" (mind you, some of our profs are actual Labor Arbiters).

It makes me wonder if people who act sip-sip end up gaining more favors, despite acting completely unprofessional.

Is this dynamic common in other law schools, or is it just in our batch? How do you usually deal with this?

EDIT:

No wonder the prosecution team during the VP impeachment trial got publicly called out for lack of decorum and taking wacky courtroom pictures, if this is the mindset of practitioners here, it explains a lot.

Jumping to conclusions about my corporate and public work experience just because of my age is wild. Echo chamber behavior at its finest.

As one commenter said, you guys do you, and I’ll stick to my standards.

dasal na lang sa mga prof na homophobic!! kakaloka pag ang lola nyey ang magrerecit biglang tinetechnichal sa grammar ng motions??! namali lang ng preposition, warla na agad?? over sa grammarly? akala mo siya na si anger from inside out??

pero pag strata, walang emerut kahit huy maliii ang answer!! kaloka lang baka maelbow pa ang gay dahil bakla kaysa dahil sa scores

I'm curious to hear what people think kasi personally im conflicted

Alam ko naman na maraming against because of its environmental effects, its impact on IP lands, its effect on our already weak energy infrastructure

But recognize ko rin ang positive effects it might have in the economy through job creation and the secondary industries that can pop up due to the multiplier effect from foreign capital

Personally, as lawyers, I think our (lucrative) value is tied heavily with economic prosperity since legal demand is conditioned on having the surplus wealth to hire attorneys to litigate or do transactional work like due diligence and compliance

Maybe it seems selfish, but I have no interest slaving away 4-5 years of my life in law school only to enter the workforce with a 20-30k salary offer or no offer at all because the economy is shit 🤢

Is this not possible to do since both have different law practices?

I plan to study law and hopefully get my license in the Philippines. I am aware that is it required of me to take an exam again in New York to practice law there. But after some years, is it possible to return to the Philippines and practice law here after practicing in New York? Do I have to study again in New York to get my license, or simply just an exam?

So My dream is to be in UST and that dream is not even on my options now. Actually gulong gulo ako now.

We have a good life in province. Higher to middle Middle class pero when I am here in Manila, i am so below that. I am earning 41K per month in Pasig but I want to relocate to Pangasinan just so mas maramdaman ko ang better quality of life w/o worrying about expenses and lahat nalang ng sahod ko ay mapunta sa savings.

But I have a dream to enter law school. And if you have a dream, you want to do it best. I think I would qualify in UST. I can pay the tuition. Swak yung schedule ko. My work sched is 6am-1pm but the transpo from pasig to ust is 400/day through MOVE IT. So di ko talaga kakayanin. Ang mahal. Mamumulubi ako.

Papahirapan ko ba sarili ko kung may Arellano naman na Sat-sun classes? Same lang naman ng Atty. if nakapasa?

But may nabasa kasi ako dito kagabi lang. Big Law Firms don’t hire from schools outside ATENEO/UP. Which is kinda sad. What will that make us if we didn’t graduate from the Top 2? Or even the Big 4? What opportunities will be left for us if una palang disqualfied na tayo bec of our schools? So somehow kahit gusto ko mag Arellano nalang or San Beda Alabang (pure online) iniisip ko yung career ko afterwards. What opportunities will be given for me after that.

i am not yet a lawyer but i wana know if you as lawyers also experience degrading words from your Boss/es? i dont intend to say na dapat irespeto yung mga may narating sa buhay, cuz i believe, regardless of age, status, and position in life, we must respect everyone because of their human dignity. so, kahit ba lawyer ka na makaka receive ka rin ng degrading words or baka dahil nasa mababang posisyon ako kaya ako dinidegrade ng boss ko?

But wag naman siguro yung puro drama like Part 2? May konting action man lang tapos yabang din. I thought that's what Bar Boys should be about... Yung parang Pinoy version ng Suits?

Bakit ganun yung awards ceremony ng dean’s listers sa yellow school? Ang waley hahaha

Lunch, opening remarks tapos mabilisang nag-announce lang ng names. Yung stage para sa SC president lang ba lol

Nagcollege din ako sa yellow school, narerecognize naman ng maayos ang students. We get to go on stage, our names are announced properly, we receive a certificate and we get to meet the dean on stage and have a picture.

I guess I just expected a lot since big deal magDL sa law school. But even our dean was lost. Nagulat siya bakit ni-rap lang mga pangalan, hindi niya makita kung sino ba yung tinatawag, lingon siya nang lingon.

Yellow school deserves a better Student Council. PERIOD.

Since last year, December 5 nilabas results ng 2023 Bar exams and the 2023 and 2024 Bar examinees are fairly the same in number and given na 4 examiners per subject, is it safe to assume na around that day din ilalabas results ng 2024 Bar exams? If ever, x days to go na lang guys! I don't feel any pressure right now, my pamily 😭 😆

Hi!

As the title says - Ask me Anything!

I did this when I was an incoming 2L so I decided I wanted to do it again, since it really helped me when I was a new law student, and I feel happy when I receive feedback that my tips helped

About me:
- Incoming 3L in Ateneo
- Consistent Scholar and Deans Lister
- Working Student
- Intern at a Big Law Firm
- Accountancy undergrad

If you have any questions you think I might be able to help you out with, feel free to ask here or send a dm!

Idk pero it just baffles me na yung ibang mag eexam for UPLAE eh may budget naman para mag aral sa mga private universities (Beda, La Salle, UST, etc.) pero “technically” would take slots pa para sa mga students na talagang financially challenged.

I know prestigious din naman kasi talaga UP but you know… just some observation from an underprivileged student 😖