Whatever he does, Julien feels like it's not good enough. This anxiety always manifests itself when he is with people. He's fine, and suddenly there it is.
On y parquait des enfants de douze à quatorze ans pour lesquels le système éducatif avait jeté l’éponge, mais devait bien les garder, instruction obligatoire oblige. C’était un concentré de naufrages…
What I would need, thought Julien, is not to put myself behind the wheel of a new car, it would be to change the driver! Not getting a wish but owning the wonderful lamp.