In praise of self-indulgent law professors

I don't know how they do things at your law school but around here the professors take their time producing grades. If my rather hazy memory serves me, I sat for an exam over one month ago and I still haven't heard any results. Before anyone suggests that the poor overworked professor has 75 other exams to grade, let me point out that my law school is very prestigious and most classes are very small. The only large class saw its professor complete grading quite some time ago. (Prof. [X], you're the greatest. I apologize for my failure to inquire about your health but I hope that evidence of your recovery may soon grace court rooms throughout the Ninth Circuit.)

Heretofore, I fervently believed that "procrastibation" (thanks for the expression, [N]) was the cure for any particularly dull legal task. Nowadays, I'm ever-so-slightly resentful of folks taking their time. After slaving nonstop for 4 months in at least two of the classes which I actually took for a grade, I'd appreciate some feedback that doesn't require me to "explain" myself. There is a bright side to this Dantean limbo: the students get a nice cooling off period during which we reflect on our high-paying jobs, nice suits and pleasant friends before being reminded that we were supposed to have learned something.

Don't get me wrong; we wouldn't be here were we not intellectuals of the highest order with a deep and abiding interest in tackling abstract issues that both put normal people to sleep and form the elementary fibers of the nation's tapestry. I have greater concerns than 1700-pages of disorganization posing as a casebook. So, I'm not going to begrudge the profs taking their time and going on vacating before reading some very dull exams (by which I mean our responses, not the very stimulating questions presented). Frankly, I'm as self-indulgent as any of the professors and since some people are under the impression that knowledge is power, I will simply point out that modern law is open source warfare. That is to say, obsessive instant messaging and web surfing during class makes one a better lawyer. Don't laugh at us; while you're "paying attention," we're practicing.