OP-ED: The students of no man’s land

Understanding the full toll of the pandemic on high school-graduating students
Transition periods are some of the most frustrating and uncertain phases a person has to go through. Whether it be changing houses, switching jobs, or moving to another country, the transition phase -- the time before everything settles down -- is inevitable and unbearable.

For the batch of 2020 -- those who, like myself, graduated from high school right before corona started -- this phase has stretched out for far too long. It has been over a year since everything ceased. Our exams were cancelled, our results auto-generated, our graduation ceremony still pending. We never got to say a proper goodbye.