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Usually, the LSAT is one of two things:

1. The LSAT is the first step in avoiding life in the "real world."

2. The LSAT is the first step in entering law school.

(Number 2 applies to yours truly.) However, it can be a third thing:

3. The LSAT is the first step in chipping away the opinions and assumptions that run your life.

The LSAT's content doesn't do this. LSAT content is often boring and unremarkable--except when you need to remark on how boring it is. It's the LSAT's process that does it. Because the LSAT tests the student's ability to pay attention rather than his or her knowledge, the process the student uses to succeed involves learning a new behavior instead of simply memorizing information. 

More LSAT students should really shoot for number 3. With 3, the LSAT rewards a person beyond test day and law school. It enables the student to see the big picture and its small details simultaneously. If LSAT takers applied LSAT tools to other parts of life they would certainly see a reduction of drama and confusion. 

Alas, many students view the LSAT as a source of agony, unholy evil, and sleepless nights. But actually the LSAT can teach a person to respect life's richness, color, banality, and diversity while cutting through--but still respecting--its extraneous crap. It's a standardized test for kensho.