It's that time again. I feel pretty distanced from our graduating class. Back when I taught Analysis regularly I worked with most of them pretty closely, now, not so much.
I anticipate the long ceremony in the sun in the heavy robes on the tiny folding chairs. I start getting into a mind-set of just wanting it to be over.
Then afterward we meet and greet the students and their families, and I am lousy at that---my social skills have atrophied, and they were never great to begin with.
Then comes the depression, watching everyone leave, the campus growing still.
I almost wish for rain, but I know that that would mess up graduation for the family members that would not be able to be at the ceremony in person inside.
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