"I wouldn't presume to read your mind."

So I got called on in Contracts again today. Summers called on me just a couple weeks ago and really grilled Yosef and I - which is of course what's to be expected. I performed well that day, and I thought "alright, I'm done for the semester" because usually that's the way it works. Luckily I didn't start slacking off though, because yesterday he called on me at the beginning of class, and called on just me for the ENTIRE hour. (Well, in fairness, I volunteered to answer one of his first questions, but he doesn't generally stick w/ people who volunteer unless they haven't been called on before.) Usually he splits it between two people.

Anyway, without realizing it right away or intending to I kind of started getting an attitude with him half way through, when I realized it really was going to be just me for 50 minutes straight. The high point was, I believe, when Summers - who cowrote our text book - asked "Now why do you think Summers and Hillman put this in the casebook?" To which I responded "I wouldn't presume to read your mind." There was also the point where he asked "Now did this just seem really incredibly helpful, did this just make everything clear for you?" and the answer was clearly supposed to be yes, and I said "No not really." He tried to trip me up a couple times, saying the wrong answer in that tone that suggests it's the right answer, but w/o success. He said aloud. "You're not going to let me push you around, are you?" to which I responded "I'm trying not to," and he replied "You're doing a good job."

Anyway, "fiesty" comments aside (as my friend described my responses), I think I did pretty well. People were telling me in the halls "Good job today in contracts."

Honestly, as weird as it sounds, a good portion of the reason I was kind of annoyed with being called on is that it was a little embarrassing to do so well two times in a row being called on. I know that's an arrogant statement - but true, I feel pretty confident about. The last time people were also complementing me in the halls afterward. So I felt like a bit of a show-off the second time around and I didn't really like being put in that position - because it's not like I was going to answer poorly on purpose.

As for the fiesty comments, most of the time I was interjecting them to buy time or try to deflect his questioning when I didn't know the answer right off the bat. Anyway, that was that.