Criticism

There are people on this earth who simply can not take criticism. Even if its constructive, they refuse it. One of the girls in my class had to respond to every piece of advice given to her by the instructors. It wasn't as if they told her something that wouldn't benefit her. Quite frankly, to me she appears to be a little spacy and defensive. I would never give her that type of criticism of course because it would be unsolicited, and its just my opinion of someone I don't know. But it puzzles me why she couldn't just act like she appreciated their criticizm/advice on how to be a better prosecutor. I would have just nodded my head and said okay, but no two people are alike. At that moment, I did more thinking to myself. I wondered if she realizes the purpose of this conference. I am of the opinion, if you want somebody to stroke your ego about how good you are, then you should only talk to someone who constantly promotes you in spite of. Or record yourself giving yourself kudos, and keep pressing rewind and play. The purpose of this dull ass trip, is to teach us better skills, or refine the skills we possess. There is always room for growth in this profession. I have received valuable critism since I have been in this awful city. I have also realized I am socially inept to some degree, but that's another conversation. For the most part, a majority of the prosecutors in the class do not have a lot of jury trial experience. The only way to become a better trial attorney is to have jury trials. But no other city is like New Orleans. In any other jurisidiction, people are scared of the DA, and will plead to anything to get out of jail early, or avoid jail time. In New Orleans its a little different. Defendant's at one time knew the jurors didn't trust the police, so they took their chances before a jury. That was pre-katrina of course. Now defendant's will select judge trials. As far as this conference goes, I would recommend it to the next person. I just wish it could be in a more lively city than Columbia.