In a shocking turn of events, the student trauma dumping in section hasn’t, in fact, done this week’s reading.
While Sophomore Anna Williams had absolutely nothing to say about Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra, she was full of ideas about how her parents’ divorce led to her being the ‘fucked-up little weirdo’ she is today.
After one of her classmates bravely made a comment grounded in the text, Williams quickly interjected to explain how her most recent breakup was probably a result of her inability to love which started when her dog was put down 5 years ago. Soon after, the note-taker for that week stopped typing, later explaining, “I wasn’t sure if it was appropriate to include the part where she said she had feelings for her cousin in the official class notes.”
When asked to explain how her personal experiences related to the readings, Williams faltered, before going off on another tangent about her grandma’s death at the tender age of 104.
While Williams’ sad monologuing initially irritated her peers, they later admitted that the ‘intimate’ and ‘off-putting’ anecdotes she shared made them feel ‘infinitely better’ about their own lives. Williams’ slew of self-absorbed comments also meant that no one could play devil’s advocate for the entire hour. You go girl!