Love, Lucy: Friends in the classroom

Illustration by Max Choi-Henslee

NSFP’s advice column Love, Lucy provides some words of wisdom to those who share classes with friends who don’t always put in the work. (Let’s be honest, we all know that person.) And while friends can be great assets to the classroom as group project buddies, study buddies, or someone to rant to about homework, they can also be major distractions.