ABSTRACT
Poor softy Sharon! One of her students, Margi, at Stingy University, on an industrial park somewhere in the north of England, has been poorly for most of the year with an unknown and undiagnosable illness which seems to make her feel very tired. Her colleagues call it ‘Yuppie Flu’ and are not generally very sympathetic, noting that Margi does not turn up for lectures and does not finish assignments. But Sharon often feels tired herself, and quite appreciates the fact that Margi makes a special effort to come and see her to apologise for not handing in many (actually, any) assignments that year. So, after Margi has gone, Sharon simply invents marks for her course record, based on what she thinks Margi would have achieved had she been feeling more herself.
