Diary of a Gen Z Student: Sure, what could possibly go wrong at an end-of-exams party?

This year, my friends and I have rented a house for our post-exams Christmas party... just a bunch of burnt-out students, embracing the fact that we don’t have a job to lose if we do something stupid

Jane Cowan: "Attending a Christmas party hosted by young people will end in disaster. It’s like a Shakespearean tragedy, the fall from greatness, fated. The best we can aim for is minimal reputational damage." Picture: Moya Nolan

As I’m writing this, I am running on very little sleep. I’m just about hobbling to the end of the college semester. Running on fumes, low on iron, anticipating my 10th dose of freshers’ flu to strike the moment I submit my final assignment.

Confining my life to the library since early November means, it’s been a while since I’ve experienced actual sunlight on my skin. I’ve started shining the torch from my phone on my face every morning, just to feel something.