My high school graduation was ruined. I'm now graduating from college and getting the ceremony I deserve.

Thu, 05/23/2024 - 10:10

the back of a college graduates head in a cap and gown — The author, not pictured, just graduated from college.
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I graduated high school in 2020, so I didn't get the normal graduation ceremony.
The pandemic also ruined my classes and social life at college the first year.
Now that I'm graduating from the New School, I'm happy I finally get to celebrate properly.

In March 2020, when the world stopped for the COVID pandemic, my small high school in New Jersey sent an email explaining our spring break would start early and last indefinitely.