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My Sister Graduated Year 12 During a Pandemic

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Title (Dublin Core)

My Sister Graduated Year 12 During a Pandemic

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Description (Dublin Core)

My younger sister went through Year 12 (the last year of high school in Australia) in 2020. When she showed me her yearbook, most of the graduation quotes were either TikTok references, sarcastic remarks about being at home for most of their final year of school, or genuine amazement that they made it through a notoriously crazy year in an actually crazy year. Due to the tight restrictions in Victoria for most of 2020, this Year 12 cohort did not get to go to formal, dress up for sports carnivals, have an in-person graduation, or even enjoy the basic senior-year pleasure of having a microwave in the exclusive Year 12 common room. One of her friends summed it up quite well in her graduation yearbook statement – “that was nothing like High School Musical.”

Date (Dublin Core)

October 28, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Annabelle Ricketts

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Annabelle Ricketts

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HIST30060

Partner (Dublin Core)

University of Melbourne

Type (Dublin Core)

Text Story

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Community & Community Organizations
English Education--K12
English Entertainment: Movies, Theater, etc.
English Home & Family Life
English Online Learning
English Social Media (including Memes)

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

school
memes
education
High School
musical

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

graduation
high school
year 12

Collection (Dublin Core)

Lost Graduations
K-12

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

11/08/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

11/10/2020
02/21/2021

Date Created (Dublin Core)

10/28/2020

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This item was submitted on November 8, 2020 by Annabelle Ricketts using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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