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14 June
How helpful is it that Cambridge student newspaper Varsity has published the anonymous article
'Cambridge was not the time of my life' as it stands, without historical context ?
'Cambridge was not the time of my life' as it stands, without historical context ?
From its personal perspective, the piece makes some very good points, e.g. that - whether taking up rowing becase it's 'supposed to be' beneficial, or treatments or therapies - not everything helps everyone.— THE AGENT APSLEY #ScrapUniversalCredit #JC4PM2019 (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) June 14, 2020
Or pinning so much, week by week, on the response of one's supervisor. https://t.co/Uif7Brgn5a
'I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety in my second year. After presenting me with this information², the college nurse asked if I was okay, as I looked "a bit numb".'— THE AGENT APSLEY #ScrapUniversalCredit #JC4PM2019 (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) June 14, 2020
'I asked for an intake appointment at the student counselling service. In the session, the therapist wasn’t able to understand what I was saying. I left feeling crushed and empty.'— THE AGENT APSLEY #ScrapUniversalCredit #JC4PM2019 (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) June 14, 2020
¹ I.e. not even by decade, or in which period of 15-20yrs.— THE AGENT APSLEY #ScrapUniversalCredit #JC4PM2019 (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) June 14, 2020
² The juxtaposed sentences read as if the college nurse *made* the diagnosis :
That may have seemed what happened, even if the nurse's intention was for the writer to see a GP to make a diagnosis and prescribe, etc. ?
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