We are All Graduates: Our Transition from the Old World Diane Swiatek, Founder and
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Director of Banbury Crossroads
The word of the
year is “proximity”, for that is how we used to meet all of those needs, and now, aside from our intimacy with
familial cohorts, we must meet them without it.
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School, Est. 1979
his is the usual time of year when we celebrate graduations from institutions of
learning, which is a momentous example of a transition—meaning a time of alteration, or modification in circumstances and context. Woven into that idea of change is the concept of transformation, which I am using to refer to change within persons themselves, in their character, understanding and ability. There is an interplay between these two concepts of external and internal change. In this fluid world of 2020, change has been so drastic that some people joke about not liking it and wanting to take the year back to its beginning. We cannot, of course. It is here, for real. It is not only the school and university graduates among us (continued on next page) Community \\ 23
