About a month ago I graduated from college amid the Covid-19 pandemic, though at the time I was fast asleep. My truancy stemmed not from personal laziness but the unorthodoxy of our current times.
In lieu of an in-person commencement, the University of California, Berkeley, hosted a virtual graduation ceremony on Minecraft, much to the hilarity of the student body. When the big day rolled around, I debated from the warmth of my bed: Did a few more hours of sleep outweigh the merits of attending my own graduation?
Yes. Yes they did.
