Competing priorities

I could see her mouth move on the video screen, the cursor moving across the projected screen.

She was pointing at some pink and blue bits on the computer screen.

Old memories surfaced on haematoxylin and eosin stains.

Way back in undergrad days, we used microscopes to peer into H&E stained cells.

But there were no microscopes present, no physical slides and no lab coats.

Instead, a giant H&E stained picture projected itself onto the screen of the lecture theatre.

However, on my computer screen in front of me sat the latest breaking news on federal politics.

It seemed so much more interesting than being taught histology by video conferencing.