I listen as professor Goldberg goes on and on.

I check the time on the far side wall and notice only fifteen minutes have passed since class began. I yawn for the hundredth time and slump down further into my desk. I should have just stayed in bed this morning, but I knew I couldn't do that. I promised Mary at our last video chat session that I would attend every class and not spit in my grandparents faces with the money they had given Chrissy and I for ...