Post-Commencement

I often feel very depressed at and shortly after Commencement.  While we all promise to stay in touch, we don't.  It's essentially goodbye to students we've known for years.  If we do see or hear from them later, they are different people in many ways.

This year I didn't feel so depressed, but not because I am any more stable emotionally.  Rather I felt detached---many students didn't stop by our department's faculty after Commencement, and eventually we left.