Before Deer Die, They See The Light

Last Wednesday in Contracts, Professor Contracts was talking about a few things at the beginning of class and I was writing some notes down. I looked up, made eye contact and then he says, “Mr. [dumb schmuck], what are the two things in UCC 2-209?" I asked him to say that again. He repeated and I gave him a blank look. He asked if I had the text of it there. I picked up my book and started thumbing to the page. He says, “Be aware, that we are well into the second semester. There’s no reason to have that 'deer in the headlights' look.” The remainder of the class brought a barrage of confusing and difficult questions of which I batted maybe .500 at best. I was pretty ticked. Typical Professor Contracts, and I’m tired of it. He assumes too much after teaching the same course for thirty years. Not everyone, after reading the cases twice and trying to ingest all this information so fast, understands it the same way as he does. No big deal. Everyone in the class gets the ball thrown at them when they're not looking. A few people mentioned to me after class that they wouldn't have had a clue what he was talking about either. It made me feel better. A little.