Mea Culpa

I might as well shoot myself in the head. I fumbled when it mattered the most, and of all papers, it would have to be Public Law, a subject, notwithstanding its bulkiness, I could really handle. I have failed everyone around me; my family, my lecturers, my classmates, my friends and most importantly, myself. Murphy Law: when one thing goes wrong, everything goes wrong as well. Many areas which I have put so much effort on did not come out as a question, such a reforms of the House of Lords, House of Commons, European Union, Separation of Powers, Royal Prerogative, Ministerial Responsibility, Grounds for Judicial Review, problem question for Judicial Review.

But I only have myself to blame. The questions were not hard; standard Rule of Law and Parliamentary Sovereignty question, which I attempted as my first two questions.  My time management sucks! I only have a little bit short of one hour for the last two questions; Then, I panicked and I could not even properly structure an answer for an easy question in support for a written British Constitution. I was left with ten minutes for the last question, and I had to skip Human Rights Act 1998 which I am familiar with for due to lack of time and settled for a very specific question on the two of the seven preliminary requirements for judicial review, ‘sufficient interest’ and ‘public bodies’, as it requires little introduction and I can immediately jump into my points. One and a half page was all I could muster within that time. How pathetic. I am officially doomed!

I pray that my first two questions will be able to compensate the marks I lost in the final two. This is definitely a lesson for me NOT to SPOT! That means I have to cover two remaining areas of Common Law which I have previously intended to leave out.

I should be studying now, but I need to get this out of my system. I have NEVER felt so disappointed at myself in the last 22 years of my life.