Extracurricular: This was certainly an academic article while almost everything else we have read as part of these readings have been web articles or lists. That said, there really wasn't that much information to be found inside beyond the, again, obvious importance of extracurricular activities for those young people going into the job market fresh from college. The article shows through evidence that those students who are more plugged in, and participate more are usually more successful. This study was based out of a French speaking university in Switzerland, which may or may not affect how the students end up. I can't remember what the overall project this is being applied to, but it seems like good advice for anyone who is currently pursuing a baccalaureate degree.
Uncovering: This article pulled no punches in its approach to instructing prospective law school attendees, and in fact painted a very realistic picture (as I understand it). It stressed the importance of aggressively going after a potential employer to both demonstrate how much you want the job as well as to ensure that your voice is heard among all the others crying out. The other point that I found interesting was that this article used real life examples of what some students had to do to finish law school. Of course, there is no way to know if this is true or not, but as with everything in life, we trust until we are lied to.
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