Class Clown

On the 23rd of April, 2024, I experienced a distressing nightmare.

I was enrolled in a class at a university. During a lecture I was called upon (and deliberately targeted) by our professor to answer an academic question of some sort. Unfortunately for me, although I knew the right answer, I responded to the professor's question reluctantly and incorrectly. This was due to several reasons. I was caught off guard, distracted, sleep-deprived, socially uncomfortable, etc. And despite having a valid explanation for my belated and wrong answer, all of my classmates just hastily assumed that it was because I was stupid. I was utterly mortified.