{"id":30212,"date":"2026-10-14T18:34:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T22:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=30212"},"modified":"2026-10-15T19:16:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T23:16:36","slug":"i-graduated-4-years-ago-and-its-so-surreal-being-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2026\/10\/14\/i-graduated-4-years-ago-and-its-so-surreal-being-back\/","title":{"rendered":"I graduated 4 years ago and it&#8217;s so surreal being back&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AW101426-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AW101426-2.jpeg\" alt=\"I graduated 4 years ago and it's so surreal being back... Nothing and everything have changed... I wasso profoundly unhappy during so much of my time on campus (partially because of COVID) it's hard to imagine that I can stand here feeling calm &amp; grounded!\" class=\"wp-image-30208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AW101426-2.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AW101426-2-300x297.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AW101426-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AW101426-2-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I graduated 4 years ago and it&#8217;s so surreal being back&#8230; Nothing and everything have changed&#8230; I wasso profoundly unhappy during so much of my time on campus (partially because of COVID) it&#8217;s hard to imagine that I can stand here feeling calm &amp; grounded!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m sorry to hear about your unhappiness here. The height of the pandemic made for hard times everywhere, but it wreaked havoc on the promise of community on college campuses. If memory would give you solace, go to library.bc.edu\/answerwall, and use the date selector to go to March 2020. I find it hard to read because it evokes such sad memories, but it might be validating to see how many people shared your pain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sorry to hear about your unhappiness here. The height of the pandemic made for hard times everywhere, but it wreaked havoc on the promise of community on college campuses. If memory would give you solace, go to library.bc.edu\/answerwall, and use the date selector to go to March 2020. I find it hard to read &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2026\/10\/14\/i-graduated-4-years-ago-and-its-so-surreal-being-back\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I graduated 4 years ago and it&#8217;s so surreal being back&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30212"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30223,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30212\/revisions\/30223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}