Being a lawyer has always been my dream job. I can trace my
desire to be a lawyer back to fifth grade. Our teacher had given us
a geometrical math problem to teach us about angles, and I spotted
a flaw: The angles of a four-sided figure did not add up to 360
degrees. Being the intrepid 12-year-old that I was, I walked up to
the teacher to point out his error. He was not convinced. He
marched me to the front of the class, put the problem on the
overhead projector, and told me to explain the flaw to the class.
Without hesitation, I pointed out the mistake to the class. Again,
the teacher was not convinced. He asked, "How do you know that
four-sided figures have 360 degrees?" (This was a lesson he
had yet to teach us.) I explained my reasoning to him and the
class. The teacher conceded that I was correct and that we could
stop working on the math problem. The class cheered and I felt like
a hero. In that moment, I fell in love with lawyering.
