Sydney University’s Fisher Library resembles a Goya portrait series when exams are on. Each student’s face is a study in despair. Some stare pleadingly at blank word documents. Others crumple Red Bull can, after Red Bull can, as they hammer away at a software program.
I’ve watched people get halfway through proofing a hard copy essay draft before ripping it up in defeat. The most exhausted sleep it off on the couches clustered at the entrance to each of Fisher’s levels.
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