Who am I? What will I do? Who
will I become? These are normal questions a teenager asks herself. What am I?
Not so much! Teen angst shouldn’t include “Oh I just accidentally electrocuted
my best friend since kindergarten maybe I’m a teen witch!” Right off of the
screen of a bad 90s movie; only, no pathetic love interest that you know would
never amount to anything on account of she’s a witch and would probably get
tired of a human boy and find a fellow wizard that really understood her and
her, now, culture. I had enough on my plate having to get to know myself, going
through puberty in the states as a Latin American girl and now I’m a witch too.
Really, is there a bigger minority? No. I’m serious. Is there? Is there financial
aid for witches? I want to be a lawyer, but before I can even begin my real
life studies I have to get bachelors at something else. It’s, apparently, not
enough I have to spend 12 years studying stuff that will not be needed in my
daily life but I also have to study and concentrate on another topic or topics
for another 4 to 6 years. Is there fairness in the justice system? No, and it
teaches you that right off the bat. Not only will I have to study the
equivalent of excrement when it comes to what I really feel passionate about
for over 16 years, I will also have to take the most excruciatingly tedious
exam, after the MCAT of course, in order to even be looked at by law schools
that I can’t even afford.
I’m not asking for much… Just
your normal Law School tuition in the states, costing around $45,000 a year.
Not including room, or food, or public transportation, or books, or anything
you might need to not fail at law school. Again, justice, is it present in law?
They are teaching you this right now, before you even apply, that there is NOT
any kind of justice present in the justice system, therefore none if you want
to study it. Why would a witch want to study this then? Why would anybody want
to study this? Lets call these people muggles. Read enough Harry Potter books
to know that word. Yes, you guessed it, I read none. I’m a witch, the rest are
muggles. I’ve decided to be the only witch in the world not for exclusivity but
because I would guess I would get a free pass into whatever university or
college I apply to. Full ride as they call this mythical creature in the muggle
world, why is it mythical? How many people get a full ride to law school that
have no connection to their family legacy at this school or through grants that
are basically made for certain people? Exactly, a mythical promise for a
mythical creature.
Let’s go back to the tedious
entrance exam called, The LSAT (or The Kraken as I am choosing to call it). The
Kraken is an impossible test that ranges from 120-180. Personally, took a practice
test at home, without even knowing what I was taking and got a 151. You’d
think, “Hey! That seems reasonable!” WRONG! It’s the epitome of average. So if
you planned on going to Harvard (wasn’t) you should’ve started studying for
this life changing and defining test since you graduated from high school. But
wait! No! You have to have a bachelor before applying for this school. DO YOU
SEE THE INJUSTICE?! As a witch, I’ve decided to go public with my new found
identity, maybe when I take the real test, I’ll get that mythical score of
171-180 and get into the University of Michigan with that mythical promise
called “full ride” and go to class in my broom or magic carpet. Haven’t
decided.
Who am I? A witch.
What will I do? Mythical
promises and scores come true.
What will I become? A just
lawyer.
