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Collected Item: “Graduation Pains”

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Graduation Pains

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Text

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

As I pondered the loss of graduation, I found myself not sad, but relieved, a feeling I imagine to be in the minority. I reflect on the feelings of someone who does not enjoy events like graduation and how its cancellation was a relief rather than a loss.

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#lostgraduations; #graduateschool; #introvert; #socialanxiety; #relief

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Jordan Meyerl

Give this story a date.

2020-05-28
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