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Collected Item: “A Lone Graduate”

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A Lone Graduate

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

This is my own personal photograph taken mid-june

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.

This image was taken of me the day before I moved away from my hometown, and in the middle of a global pandemic, it was the only graduation “celebration” I ever got to have. My graduation was rescheduled countless times because of Covid-19, and in a way, I gave up on the thought of having a true graduation. An in-person ceremony was planned, but cancelled due to a large party thrown by members of my class, which resulted in an outbreak. Though the frown in this picture was not intentional, it sums up the impact that Covid-19 had on my experience as a student in the class of 2020.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

Graduation, Connecticut, Schools, Reopening, Lonely, Alone,

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

Reagan Petro

Give this story a date.

2020-08-21
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