A mature student would answer from experience, and the teacher would say: “No. This is not right.”
The mature student would go: “But this is exactly how I dealt with my case yesterday.”
The teacher would eventually settle it with something along the lines of “At the end of the day, this is what you need to pass your exam.”
I recall that anyone with experience (mature or even those of us who had any legal experience), received that answer. It was deeply frustrating. In the US, this is a major problem—and law schools don’t even adequately teach to the test (state bar examinations) because there are 50+ different bars, with slightly different essays and legal interpretations. For that, you took a separate, 3-month course … *flashbacks*
I recall that anyone with experience (mature or even those of us who had any legal experience), received that answer. It was deeply frustrating. In the US, this is a major problem—and law schools don’t even adequately teach to the test (state bar examinations) because there are 50+ different bars, with slightly different essays and legal interpretations. For that, you took a separate, 3-month course … *flashbacks*