I could be pious , I swear , but he had said he loved her over the inscrutable static of a 2 am phone line and it was end - game , you could n't trump the big word . After my graduation ceremony my parents had to force me to hold up my degree for the pictures ; I was that listless , useless , flagging plant . My gown was awkward - feeling , and three years of drudgery merely amounted to a rolled - up sheet of perfumed paper , wilting in my clammy hands .

Question: Were you excited during graduation ?
Answer: It was a climatic moment .I held up my degree proudlyNot many things could trump this momentIt was not an exciting moment for me