Important Contributions

A few weeks back some fellow classmates of mine described me as independent, observant, intelligent and articulate. I felt great pride that people who know very little about me would describe me in such a way. Then I went to my criminal procedure class today.

Prof posed the question, "If [an officer] did not have a warrant and the person did not give consent to search by remaining silent when questioned, what would he have needed in order to search without violating the person's Fourth Amendment rights?"

This is a fairly simple question and the first thing that popped into my head was probable cause then exigent circumstances. Prof called on me by saying, "The woman in the, is that red? I can't tell the color...[woman who sits next me], what color is that?" After she struggled with it for a bit I said, "It's tweed."

Prof thanked me and then asked the woman behind me for the answer. I suppose I made a face because if he asked if I was with him. I was and said so. But let me tell you, I am always exceedingly thrilled when my important contribution to class is establishing that I wear an autumnal toned tweed (please read that as dripping with sarcasm).