Today, I messed up by pretending to be deaf for a year.

So the start of quarantine, I started an online course for a few subjects.

To provide some background, these aren't my school classes or anything, and I've never

met these people before.

There are maybe 10 other kids in class, and the teacher is actually pretty great.

So the first two days go pretty well, but on the third day, I messed up big time.

We were in between a physics class that had already been going on for an hour, and I

completely forgot and got distracted halfway through.

I have an incredibly low attention span, and this was already too much for me.

When the teacher called my name to answer his question, I had no idea what he'd been

talking about, so I tried to Google it.

However, I have terrible internet, so it took a really long time to load, and the teacher

was getting pissed as to why I wasn't responding and why I was typing.

So completely freaking out, I decided to text him on the Google Meet Chat and make

an excuse that my laptops, audio, and microphone were not working today, and I've been reading

the subtitles which take quite some time to load, so I hadn't gotten this question.

In my immense panic, I phrased this somewhat vaguely and said, I can't actually hear!

I've been reading the subtitles, and they take quite some time to load!

To which the instructor said, oh, I'm so sorry, I wasn't aware that you are deaf.

In my intense panic and anxiety, I just went along with it, dumb as hell.

It actually worked out fine.

I typed out all the answers sent to me and even brought a hearing aid that I sometimes

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