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rted drinking and suffered anxiety attacks. I thought the office would be more understanding, but
told me that he'd found a new position and I shouldn't worry, but that didn't solve anything. I couldn't see myself getting ahead, I had
ld ask. Now I was no longer bothered by her te
walk around tow
y myself and drown my sorrows in alcohol. I used to write short poems, stories and reviews that appeared in the university magazine under the pseudonym Steven Gawai
When the grades came out, I saw on the board that I had failed. With that balance I could not validate my studies in L
ange my mind?' he sa
Steven
kidding?'
by email, and here's the proof,' I
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very good, but what you answer
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going around? There's talk about your sexual preferences, th
that imp
s fr
or fail you, but if I may give you some advice, don't give
s spreading these
g, Anna, and it sadd
ought. But I n
ered me a job in the creative writing
' I said, 'I had fail
ccount your backgr
my parents' permission, which I kept asking for even though I was twenty, I decided to t
ngs continued like this, I wasn't going to make it safely to the end of September to start the project. I often came home in the wee hours of the morning, staggering, and Mr. Radcliffe's complaints were not
ou for not doing your job in my sister-in-law's offic
t for an old man with a beard who had also been kicked out of his house and with whom I sometimes shared leftover food and bottles. I moved from Grafton Street, which seemed too central, to a more secluded and green area. I was ashamed
ember, I wasn't ready to start teaching, so I didn't show up. My cell phone bro
oing, sweetheart?'
working and studying, so
n't need the money any m
ve it', I told Rachel one night we we
u're strong and will ge