No matter how you want to spin it, the Class of 2020 will be the first class graduating amidst a global pandemic.
Their last college or high school moments have been stolen from them, and their consolation prize for that is entering a terrible, uncertain job market, or entering their first semester of college with doubts around being on-campus or logging into a zoom call.
With this Odyssey template, you can let other people know what these graduating seniors are going through first-hand by interviewing one.
How To:
Here's where you come in! We want you to interview a graduating Class of 2020 graduate on Odyssey using the template we created below. Make it unique, and make it authentic.
Follow these steps:
- COPY the text in between the begin and end template sections below
- PASTE it into a new post in Odyssey's CORE
- Fill it all in and add photos
- Submit under Community: Student Life for a chance to be featured on Odyssey's Facebook and Instagram
- Don't have an account? CREATE ONE.
BEGIN TEMPLATE
Headline format:
I Spoke To A Class of 2020 Senior From [enter school], And [Enter Biggest Takeaway From Their Interview]
Example:
"I Spoke To A Class Of 2020 Senior From Penn State, And Graduating During A Pandemic Is As Fun As It Sounds"
Introduction:
Begin your article with 3-5 sentences introducing your interview subject, how you know them, and why you were excited to get to ask them some questions.
1. Where did you/are you graduating from?
[insert their answer here]
2. What has it been like spending your last semester under quarantine amidst the coronavirus pandemic?
[insert their answer here]
3. Of all the things you missed out on because of quarantine, what has been the hardest to accept?
[insert their answer here]
4. What has been a silver lining?
[insert their answer here]
5. What have you done to make up for some of the graduation traditions you aren't able to do?
[insert their answer here]
6. What are your next steps, and have they been impacted by coronavirus?
[insert their answer here]
7. What is the worst thing someone can say to a Class of 2020 graduate?
[insert their answer here]
8. What is one piece of advice you would love to give to the class of 2021?
[insert their answer here]
9. What about the last few months do you think you'll remember most?
[insert their answer here]
10. [Ask a question of your own that you come up with]
[insert their answer here]
