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Cameron Wesley

No can do. Can the mark stay?

Hannah O’Donnell

Well, yes. But coursework is half your final grade, and most students like to maximise their grades as they go along.

Cameron Wesley

Balls! Just let it stay.

Doodle message group [Private] Jem and Patrick, 7 November 2023:

Patrick Bright

Well done, Jem. Great work!

Jem Badhuri

Thanks, Pat! You too. I really enjoyed the role-play.

Patrick Bright

I wish you hadn’t mentioned me in relation to all that business about Alyson and the stock cupboard. I only helped you with some prices, that’s all.

Jem Badhuri

OMG Cameron! His essay was terrible, and his interview so evasive. Yet when he talks, everyone listens. He’s like a politician.

Patrick Bright

Surely underneath it all he’s as insecure as the rest of us.

Jem Badhuri

I’m not insecure. But I’m not like Cameron, either.

Patrick Bright

Did anything strike you as odd during the role-play? Alyson said she studied at Gonville, then quickly corrected herself to St Martins. She and Gela laughed, like it was an in-joke.

Jem Badhuri

Alyson didn’t even write anything for this assignment. Well, I managed to slip a couple of remarks into my essay. Do you think anyone noticed?

Doodle message group MMAM(FTP), 7 November 2023:

Alyson Lang

For the record, Patrick, I don’t work overnight here just to use materials and equipment. I’m a night owl. It’s how I work.

Patrick Bright

Jem was joking, weren’t you, Jem? Very funny!

Jem Badhuri

Phew! I really enjoyed the role-play, but I was more nervous than I thought. Gela was a tough interviewer. Thought I did well, especially as I’m the youngest. Ludya was amazing, but then she’s been promoting herself for years, so it was hardly a stretch for her.