are we toy soldiers of a corrupt system?

i think that taking the bar exams is something akin to going to war. going to law school is like undergoing a mental military training. like in military camp, law students are like soldiers who try to endure the required years of training. some dont make the cut and drop out. but unlike being in the military, "war" is something certain for law students. most, if not all, who finish law school will have to face the bar exams. bar reviewees then prepare their minds, bodies and spirit to at least successfully finish the four bar exam sundays. every bar reviewee and most law students know that every year, there are a number of "casualties" in the bar exams. there are those who breakdown under the pressure, those who lose confidence, those who just give up in the middle of the "battle" and walk out of the examination room. its not a physical war, for its mostly mental, but it certainly affects the body and spirit. just like in a war, you dont go to the bar exams unprepared. and no matter how skilled and prepared you are, luck (or faith) plays a pivotal role in one's survival. after a month long "war", a lot survive of course but once the results come out, only then will it be determined who were truly succesful in surviving the war. some "die" and never take the bar exams again while some live to fight another year.

the bar exams is a war where every soldier is in the front lines. lawyers are merely those soldiers of the legal profession who effectively survived such war. the courtroom battles and other fields of law practice lawyers engage in appear to be mere skirmishes compared to what bar examinees endure during the bar exams. in effect, the bar exams is, usually, the only "war" most lawyers face in their entire legal career. although law practice or the "skirmishes" do pose much more difficult situations and requires much more skill than taking the bar exams, it does not have the grand scale character of the bar exams that make it look like a full scale war.