The situation this year has put stress on all of us, in every facet of our lives. Yet few have found the change in lec- turing format more emotionally taxing than that guy who sat in the front pre- tending he knew as much as the lectur- er. He can no longer show you that he’s clearly not paying attention to what the lecturer is saying, and it’s proving a heavy burden to bear.
While you may be thinking “God, I’m 5 weeks behind already, how in bloody hell am I going to get all this coursework in on time?”, I’d recom- mend you count your blessings. That guy has already had resort to typing paragraphs in the chat about how his work placement taught him something that is barely even tangential to the lec- ture, and he’s even having to ask ques- tions that have already been answered five minutes previously.
So, while you are sitting there think- ing about your ‘struggles’, just remem- ber there are some that have it much, much worse.
And yes, we all noticed the influ- ence of Freud in that novel, Stephan.