Slow Torture

Prof Property delightfully gave us approximately 80 pages to read in the Possessory Interests and Future Estates Primer. Regardless of what you are reading, whether it be Con Law, Contracts or Torts, 80 pages is a formidable task. To compound the voluminous reading, the assignment takes forever because you can't just read what a Fee Simple Subject to Executory Limitation consists of and then move on. These are very abstract concepts that must be practiced in order to comprehend. But to top everything off is the quote by Prof Property, "This might look like a lot of reading, but it reads a lot faster than the case book." Yeah right, are you freaking serious?

Even though I might seem upset, admittedly, I am somewhat intrigued with the complexities and nuances of Possessory Interests and Future Estates. However, I keep saying to myself, O.K. remainder or reversion follows a finite estate but what the hell does that mean and how is that practical? So far so good. In the distance I sense the Rule Against Perpetuities lurking, waiting to pounce and destroy every iota of confidence.