Brain Teaser

For this week, I have focused on studying law, on law admission test, to be exact. I have studied for it for almost everyday, approximately three hours a day. I have concentrated on solving problems in the logical reasoning section. Oh, there  are five sections in the LSAT(Law School Admission Test). There are two logical reasoning sections, one analytical reasoning, one reading comprehension section, and finally, there is the essay section.
          Although there are many kinds of problems in the logical reasoning section, I focused on only two types of problems in the section in this week: Main Idea Questions and Assumption Questions.
Well, to be frank, main idea questions are not as easy as it seems, but relatively, I think that I could state assumption questions as a "NO-NO"( No, I would not actually please myself in seeing a bunch of assumption questions in the real test).
          I first started by simply reading aloud by myself the 'main idea questions' and 'assumption questions'. I did not start solving problems at first glance for it would be detrimental to my success in the real test. LSAT questions are definitely and constructively arrayed so that test takers fall into every single trap that the test makers had set up in the first place. In short, if I started skimming and scanning paragraphs to basically sort out the answer to that certain question, I would also "PRIMARILY" and "BASICALLY" get every problem wrong. Umm...I could really attest that this is true since I am a living witness to this phenomenon. When I first started to study for the LSAT in 2010, I got 50 problems wrong out of 100 problems. Yes...it is true. As far as I remember, I was pretty much infuriated and disappointed with my score and at myself. I wondered to myself, "Geez..what kind of people go to law school??? Are they geniuses?" And I thought I was smart.
          The problem was not my attitude nor was it somewhat linked to my fate. The problem literally was with my reading technique. I learned the hard way that for the
LSAT, you just cannot skip lines or skim any word or phrase. I virtually have to read every single line quickly and accurately. This was almost impossible since the test only proffered to you 35minutes to solve 27 questions. If I was stuck and spent more than a minute and 20 seconds, I simply failed the test. That is exactly when I took the real test for the first time. I remember I drank a lot of "SOJU(소주)" after the test, not receiving any phone calls from anyone. At that time, my girlfriend called me the next day and I had to listen to her lecturing about manners when I am dating a woman. I remember I said "SORRY". And she kept on asking, "SORRY ABOUT WHAT?!" You know the story and how it ends, right? I am not going to continue. Anyhow, after that I went to the book store and read nearly every book related to reading. I came up with my own skills to read analytic texts and to evaluate them into the main idea, supporting evidence, and background information.
          Accordingly, for this week, I utilized my old method of breaking down arguments into conclusion and supporting premise. Naturally, you might think, "Okay, so Yongju improved and now its just a piece of cake". Nonetheless, I still have a lot to go. I get a few problems wrong still, even after I have gone through about 3000 problems. Maybe it's bizarre; maybe it's plain. But I jut got to say, "GRE and LSAT are both hard. I sometimes don't know where I am going with this. But one thing is for sure. No one was perfect in the first place. Have hope."