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I still recall the days of high school, when assignments seemed never ending, when it always appeared so hard to get up to go to school - even though I lived literally 100 metres away and could afford to get up at 8.30am and run.

Then, I recall the days of university, when assignments truly never ended, when I had to rise even before the first rays of the sun because I had no choice - because I wanted to get to my 7.45am lectures despite my exhausted body's protests.

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