Uncle Roch retweeted
I just check my portal now and yes I’m still a FIRST CLASS GRADUATE.
When I saw the BREAKDOWN OF THE BAR FINALS RESULT 2024/2025 CLASS
With FIRST CLASS – 212 (2.8%) of 7000+ students.
If I did not make First Class I will not be happy with myself not because there are no other things in life but simply because I know I sabi the Law of a thing and been denied in the University, this was my last and only shot at it in the Nigerian system I had to completely lose myself. From the very first day of resumption I only concerned myself with understanding what the system required from you for a First Class result and I eventually figured it out, the truth is for you to make first class, you need to be DUMB. You heard it right, dumb yourself down!
You’ve heard it before, very brilliant people who could not make First class the truth aside other factors like time and unfortunate circumstances, usually is they were probably too smart in answering the questions by overthinking.
When you overthink the questions like it was designed for special people (like your brilliant self), you eventually run the risk of race conditioning yourself rather than sticking to the plan.
When I went through the compendium my first thought was, is this designed for law students with big brains? That exactly is the pitfall! The thinking that you are better than the system is when you feel you have to over produce answers and engage in complex maneuvers when answering your questions.
Be a good student, follow the instructions, don’t be wise because the marking scheme is designed to settle issues joined by people smarter than yourself.
For the current set, please marry the compendium, study how they actually set and answer the questions, remember the standard in legal practice is that of the average practitioner not the best of the best.
Therefore tone down your thought, define obvious things when answering your questions never ever think the examiner should know the meaning of this, cite your authorities properly, write structured not under assumptions that they should know what you mean, treat your examiner like a novice you are trying to explain things to. Remember your answer should target the marking scheme (check compendium) not textbook standards.
In retrospect, the exams were simple and that is why people fail it because it was designed to test your understanding of the question not the textbooks. You can know the textbooks cover to cover but if you fail to understand the question you will overshoot the target.
Remember you can do it, the materials are there already you just have to study them not read, study! I wish you all the best your own attempt.
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