Many Type A lawyer hopefuls are finding ways to make the best of a stressful situation by holing up at beach houses, having bar review courses live-streamed to vacation spots like Paris or Thailand, or even, in one extreme example, absorbing lessons by headphones from a table at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
That appears to be a lesson that other Muslim societies, where political expression often takes a sectarian course, will have to learn the hard way.Luckily, the extreme example of Iraq remains an exception.
I thought about the events of that morning all day, a sunny 67-degree day made for scootering around a small neighborhood after a day of second grade drudgery, of coloring with school-issued off-brand crayons, of animal habitats and extreme weather lesson plans, of being trapped indoors in springtime for all but 15 minutes.
At one extreme, to ignore regulatory lessons and just bail out the financiers would be to invite an even more severe crisis next time round.
The third, literally, had a tiger by the tail; here was a lesson in leadership in extreme crisis with an extremely hostile constituency.
The strides made in 2013 to explore a handful of extreme icebound habitats provided valuable lessons.
We may still believe in the healing power of love, but extreme reality can dispense shocking lessons.
For sparkling seas – and a naturist beach – head to Porthcurno, near Land's End, while adrenalin junkies should opt for Watergate Bay on the north coast where the famed Extreme Academy (watergatebay.co.uk) offers lessons in every watersport imaginable.
Despite the inevitable complaints by men on social media that women-only spaces are sexist – including one guy who threatened to sue them – VC has expanded over the past three years to include regular talks and panels with professional extreme sportswomen, skateboarding and surfing lessons, a weekend camping festival, an apparel line and collaborations with brands like Red Bull and Vans.
Eventually, we may learn the lesson that neither extreme serves the goals of justice.
Certainly, he has taken that lesson to its extreme, turning his adversity-filled early childhood into a platform for various causes — and, increasingly, for himself.
