1. I don't think I have: it reminds me of a passage in Judges, with Gideon's sons and Abimelech. Good stuff.
2. Not that I can think of, unfortunately. I might've had one and forgotten, though? For the most part no.
3: Yes! This I can definitively answer. In law school we had to take a Professional Responsibility class and then an exam, plus there's a character and fitness element of the bar exam. (It's an interview by an established attorney in the area who's just making sure you're not a total weirdo, basically, or at least it was in Indiana.) Also, after the bar exam, we have to have annual Continuing Legal Education hours which includes Ethics. Some attorneys pick those up at their annual state bar association convention; the firm I work for subscribes to a company that provides the legal education videos online. You have to get a certain number of CLE hours, including a certain number of Ethics hours, to maintain your bar license in good standing.
I feel personally attacked by this Fable 😂 To answer your second question: I once interacted with a panhandler poet at an intersection that was interesting. I don't even know if I can properly say he was panhandling though since he was really just a homeless guy sitting on the median with a notebook thinking about words. That interaction was the (loose) inspiration for the antagonist of the serialized story I started publishing last week. A beggar who is more than he seems: writingthehighwire.substack.com/p/this-purifying-flame
Also, my broken brain initially took "set up on the corner of the highest building" and conjured the image of a panhandler standing on the ledge of the building ever day. Quite the precarious place to ask for alms haha
1. No, first time. I had heard the saying but didn't know it was related to the fable.
2. One time I was at a bar with picnic tables where a homeless man sat down with me and our friends. I ended up listening to his life story while he had dinner. It was weird yet interesting. The man just wanted to be heard.
3. Yes, when I was working for a financial institution.
1. I don't think I have: it reminds me of a passage in Judges, with Gideon's sons and Abimelech. Good stuff.
2. Not that I can think of, unfortunately. I might've had one and forgotten, though? For the most part no.
3: Yes! This I can definitively answer. In law school we had to take a Professional Responsibility class and then an exam, plus there's a character and fitness element of the bar exam. (It's an interview by an established attorney in the area who's just making sure you're not a total weirdo, basically, or at least it was in Indiana.) Also, after the bar exam, we have to have annual Continuing Legal Education hours which includes Ethics. Some attorneys pick those up at their annual state bar association convention; the firm I work for subscribes to a company that provides the legal education videos online. You have to get a certain number of CLE hours, including a certain number of Ethics hours, to maintain your bar license in good standing.
Now you know!
I feel personally attacked by this Fable 😂 To answer your second question: I once interacted with a panhandler poet at an intersection that was interesting. I don't even know if I can properly say he was panhandling though since he was really just a homeless guy sitting on the median with a notebook thinking about words. That interaction was the (loose) inspiration for the antagonist of the serialized story I started publishing last week. A beggar who is more than he seems: writingthehighwire.substack.com/p/this-purifying-flame
Also, my broken brain initially took "set up on the corner of the highest building" and conjured the image of a panhandler standing on the ledge of the building ever day. Quite the precarious place to ask for alms haha
1. No, first time. I had heard the saying but didn't know it was related to the fable.
2. One time I was at a bar with picnic tables where a homeless man sat down with me and our friends. I ended up listening to his life story while he had dinner. It was weird yet interesting. The man just wanted to be heard.
3. Yes, when I was working for a financial institution.
Love this.
Karma right? As a therapist it's all about ethics. Regular yearly trainings are required.