A Law Book's Secret Life

I'm a first-year law student who's been struggling with the pressure of perfection. One day, I skipped doing my reading for Professor Thompson's class, figuring I'd catch up later. But that 'later' never came, and now I feel like an impostor among all these dedicated students. It wasn't just the fear of failure, but a quiet defiance against the rules, like they didn't apply to me. Yet here I am, feeling guilty every time I see my untouched textbook mocking me from across the room.