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Post by privateatty on Mar 27, 2014 13:36:52 GMT -5
You might be embarrassed if you bragged you couldn't fail and would be on the Register, but otherwise there shouldn't be any embarrassment IMHO. Even then you don't have to be embarrassed. Just change your username (may I suggest the dyslexic version of an existing member's name), throw a sombrero on your avatar and just pretend like the cut never happened. Are you sure its him? I have to admit there are stylistic similiarities, not to mention the personality... Maybe we need a poll?
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Post by moopigsdad on Mar 27, 2014 13:44:38 GMT -5
Moopig is wearing her Easter outfit. We've officially come full circle. Thanks for noticing baglady. It is my Easter/Spring photo and indeed one I used last year at this time.
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Post by 71stretch on Mar 27, 2014 13:52:59 GMT -5
Lots of us have been punched in the gut at various stages of this process. For me, it was when ODAR told OPM to leave those it had already three struck off of the certs. That was just over two years ago. Part of what helped with that reaction was PMs from people on this board. That, and knowing that a three strike is not forever. I understand why people drop off, but there is a lot to be gained from staying here through whatever process is ahead, to give and receive the advice, camraderie, and yes, good humor that this Board offers.
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Post by Radoy Knuf on Mar 27, 2014 13:54:05 GMT -5
Even then you don't have to be embarrassed. Just change your username (may I suggest the dyslexic version of an existing member's name), throw a sombrero on your avatar and just pretend like the cut never happened. Are you sure its him? I have to admit there are stylistic similiarities, not to mention the personality... Maybe we need a poll? I'd hardly call Moopig's Easter bonnet a "sombrero."
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Post by moopigsdad on Mar 27, 2014 13:58:25 GMT -5
Hey, thanks for the idea of using a sombrero photo. LOL!
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Post by gunner on Mar 27, 2014 13:59:54 GMT -5
It's a shame. I think a lot of previous posters have left due to "SD" status. In some ways I don't blame them, but I give "kudos" to those who have stuck around and asked about appeals and such. There is nothing to be embarrassed about by not making it to the Register. I know it shouldn't be embarrassing to fail to meet the minimum on the WD, but I am embarrassed by it. It's embarrassing because it is a blow to my pride. I take a lot of pride in the work I do on a daily basis where I improve the lives of many people. I might have incorrectly thought that I would be just as good at being an ALJ. Hopefully my appeal is successful, but, much more likely, it won't be and I can only blame not doing well on myself. Despite being embarrassed, I'll stick around while others are doing appeals to help them; I'll check in to see those of you who moved on to encourage you on your next steps; and with more years of experience and additional preparation, I will be around for the next refresh or register. I understand why many people have left. I, on the other hand, am shameless.
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Post by moopigsdad on Mar 27, 2014 14:02:48 GMT -5
I know it shouldn't be embarrassing to fail to meet the minimum on the WD, but I am embarrassed by it. It's embarrassing because it is a blow to my pride. I take a lot of pride in the work I do on a daily basis where I improve the lives of many people. I might have incorrectly thought that I would be just as good at being an ALJ. Hopefully my appeal is successful, but, much more likely, it won't be and I can only blame not doing well on myself. Despite being embarrassed, I'll stick around while others are doing appeals to help them; I'll check in to see those of you who moved on to encourage you on your next steps; and with more years of experience and additional preparation, I will be around for the next refresh or register. I understand why many people have left. I, on the other hand, am shameless. This is what makes you so endearing gunner. I am glad you stayed around too. There is no shame in your game.
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Post by 71stretch on Mar 27, 2014 14:04:03 GMT -5
Hey, thanks for the idea of using a sombrero photo. LOL! Cinco de Mayo is coming soon, so it's seasonally appropriate.
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Post by sealaw90 on Mar 27, 2014 15:05:23 GMT -5
Moopig in a sombrero - THAT's worth sticking around this board for a few more months!
I wish my dog would be so "photogenic". She acts as if the camera will steal her soul and runs away. The cat loves photo shoots, but not with props..definately not with props that would survive his claws.LOL!
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Post by moopigsdad on Mar 28, 2014 5:12:23 GMT -5
I'm not embarrassed. If I had been cut for flunking the logic test or the SI, it would have come as no surprise. But . . . I know in my gut that I did not flunk the WD. So, there is really not too much to discuss. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. The question isn't whether you flunked the WD or not, but whether you met the required minimum score to be in the top scoring percentage of those taking the WD. I don't think anyone flunked the WD unless he or she didn't write anything at all. I do wish you luck in your appeal, as I felt OPM shouldn't have cut so many after they paid their way to D.C.
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Post by privateatty on Mar 28, 2014 5:59:52 GMT -5
I know it shouldn't be embarrassing to fail to meet the minimum on the WD, but I am embarrassed by it. It's embarrassing because it is a blow to my pride. I take a lot of pride in the work I do on a daily basis where I improve the lives of many people. I might have incorrectly thought that I would be just as good at being an ALJ. Hopefully my appeal is successful, but, much more likely, it won't be and I can only blame not doing well on myself. Despite being embarrassed, I'll stick around while others are doing appeals to help them; I'll check in to see those of you who moved on to encourage you on your next steps; and with more years of experience and additional preparation, I will be around for the next refresh or register. I understand why many people have left. I, on the other hand, am shameless. You are hardly "shameless"--you are a lawyer that is dusting one's self off and will live to fight another day. Stick around and we'll help you for you are one of us. Take a look at Richard Bush (Bush v. OPM) a Circuit Court case that I posted a month or two back. OPM shut down the exam in the Azdell litigation while he was taking it and he sued OPM and lost until he got to the Circuit. He's an ALJ today. observer53, pubdef, christina, grassgreener and hopefully a few others (sorry if I forgot to post you here) are fighters who won't give up. I suspect your Dads all taught you to hold your heads high when your nose got bloodied. I mean observer53 is a State Judge and has to suffer the indignity of being left on the last Register. I have alot of respect for that lady! I know what its like to be passed over or rejected, it happened to me in 2006, 2007 and 2008. It ain't love and it don't hurt so good (sorry Mr. Mellencamp). Some of you will have the last laugh.
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Post by sealaw90 on Mar 28, 2014 9:13:58 GMT -5
funny, but I was just thinking about her in the context of several private practice attorneys who used to think they would be able to easily slip into the ALJ robe in their ODAR of choice. Guess they are not marathon runners... Let me know if you remember her user name. I have now read this about five times trying to discern the message. Maybe I am reading it wrong, but it sounds a bit ungracious. I did not think she conveyed a sense of entitlement. She was joking when she talked about the "dibs" stuff. Harry, if you noticed, there were several of us posting simulataneously concerning lurker2dibs identity. Bartleby asked a question, and I was commentating on it. My post got sent a little later (after she was identified). I loved her posts and we PM'd a few times about running a practice and raising chldren, so there was no slight against her. I was however trying to subtly infer our $350K a year big law poster who left the board rather loudly, as well as other big law posters who did think they could just fill out a 'stupid' application, take a test and don the robe. I wasn't being ungracious, I was flaming young, egotistical big law types who pop up and then disappear. I was being too subtle I guess, but I am not really interested in calling people out by name/avatar. Got it?
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