Here I am, with a laptop, big desk, surrounded by textbooks and readings, stressed out because I have exams in less than 2 weeks.
But Michael Kerr? He was a German Jew studying law at Cambridge during WWII, who did his exams in an internment camp because as a German, he was considered an enemy alien.
He wrote on toilet paper, with a borrowed pen.
And got a First.
From this Times article