Save Me From Civ Pro

Before I arrived in law school, I had read through Glannon's Civil Procedure hornbook AND listened to Arthur Miller's lecture (10.5 hours!) in its entirety. I feel like I have a pretty good grasp on the material, and couldn't understand why Civ Pro is reputedly the Most Dreaded Class of One L.

Now I do. Maybe it's because the profs who are attracted to Civ Pro all tend to have dry personalities or else they wouldn't have been interested in pleadings, pre-trial motions, and in rem jurisdiction questions. OR, maybe they all have inferiority complexes and really want to be Con Law profs, but for one reason or another have to make do with teaching civ pro.

Anyway, the past few classes of Civ Pro have been profoundly boring. Perhaps my hay fever / allergy contributes to my general grogginess, but I have been finding it hard to keep my eyes open. It's also hard to figure out what the prof's point is. She's a very nice woman, don't get me wrong, just a bit on the dry side. But seriously, do we really need to start with the mother of all big question in the FIRST WEEK OF CLASS -- "What is the meaning of due process?!?" Is she trying to make up for the fact that we don't have Con Law as a required course?!?

So anyway, I still have no idea what the standards of due process are. Most of the class "discussion" goes straight over my head. All the historical background reading is dry as hell. And as a result, I am very, very, very bored.