It's Finals Time

Finals have rolled around again which means it’s that time of year when we spouses see our law students less than usual. For the spouses of the first years, you are probably experiencing what life would be like if you were single again. One of the great things about law school (or so my husband tells me) is that your entire grade is determined by one test, not a lot of busy work and homework assignments. However, one of the worst things about law school is that your entire grade is determined by one test. Should you be having a bad day, or misread a question or two, your grade could drop without hope of bringing it back up. This is one reason why our spouses are gone most of the time during finals week and usually a few weeks before. They need to study, study, study. The first year students have no idea what to expect from the tests, so they have an especially stressful few weeks. What I wanted to write about here are ways to help our spouses relieve some of that stress, so if anyone has any suggestions, please post a comment. To help my own husband relieve some of his stress, the best thing I can do is to listen to him as he talks about what he needs to do to prepare for his tests. He’ll tell me about when he’s going to study with a group, what time his tests are, how far he’s gotten through outlining his notes and other things of that nature. I think that it helps him organize his thoughts better if he can speak them out loud, so I talk with him about what he’s going to do and when he’s going to do it. Also, we live in a studio apartment so I have to keep a little more quite than usual if he decides to study at home. Those are just a couple of things that I do to help my husband make it through finals time. Are there any suggestions from the other veteran spouses out there?