Hi T

I received full marks for my last assignment, despite the state my head has been in (because of everything that has happened). I thought I'd tell you here rather than in person because..I'm not sure how to word it. Because, I'm not actually academic or very intelligent, I do struggle a lot, and something that is marked generously doesn't really count. So I don't want you to use this as proof that I'm better than I think I am, but mostly I'm telling you here and not in person is because of what you said about all the other students you see. The "15 other people all said the exact same thing" comment.

I don't think you realised that you didn't ask anything about the results of my last exams, after you forgot I was having a particular (and difficult) one before I next saw you, when we'd talked about it for most of the previous session. Anyway, you know me. You know I left school early, you know how hard this is for me, but suddenly you are busier and because so many other students tell you the same thing, I'm not going to talk about anything related to my studies anymore. I'm not sure if you realise that, so I thought I'd tell you here. I survived my exam today too. It wasn't much fun since I managed so little work during the semester, but I'm glad it's over. I already passed the paper because 70% of the mark is from the internally assessed stuff.

I'm not sure if you changed your mind about keeping in contact with me while you're away. Maybe it hasn't been possible for you, but maybe you changed your mind because I was rather ambivalent about it. Still, I do hope all is well with you. One week and one day down, one week and six days to go. See you then.