The training was taking place in a hotel near a university.
On the first day, the anxious Teacher Brown arranged the rooms and began to count the number of students and distribute examination papers.
The pace suddenly intensified. Maureen didn't have time to think about anything else.
She was head-down in her work, working on the problems until eleven at night, taking breaks by listening to the lecture explanations.
A group of the smartest people gathered together, and the atmosphere changed noticeably.
When discussing theoretical issues, it felt like there was an invisible smoke of competition in the air.
Even meal times were rushed, resolved in just over ten minutes.
Maureen loved this pure atmosphere.
That is, until she went out to buy some snacks during the break in the afternoon and came back to find her pencil case, exam papers, and backpack all tossed into the trash."
