The crushing mental toll of studying for the HSC in lockdown is sapping our motivation and hope | Max O'Connor
The 2020 Covid malaise had settled in New South Wales, effectively suffocating motivations, aspirations, and study plans alike. For many of us “belowies” it was a bit of a relief: how could something like this happen again? Now I sit at my desk at home, struggling through another session of Adobe Connect, and it has been 20 or so straight hours since I left my room. It’s quite amusing how hard schadenfreude can bite you in the arse. Lockdown meant our trial HSC exams were postponed and, o...
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