He arrived early to his first year Public Policy lecture. He never liked being late, having 200 eyes on him as he pierced the veil of concentration and walked down the steps to find an unobstructed vacant seat. He would rather be an hour early than five minutes late. He takes a seat in the front row. This represents an apology to the lecturer but was also his way of preventing himself from falling asleep, to glean as much value from his student fee, and for his view to remain unobstructed by ...