As much as Perry likes to pretend it's not, graduating is a big deal. He is the first one in his family to do so, and he didn't exactly have a linear path to his senior year.
His freshman year he became severely depressed, stopped going to all of his classes which he then thoroughly failed, lost his full scholarship and dropped out of school. After a year of working at the local convenience store and seeing a psychiatrist, he dipped his toe back into school by taking a few community college courses. When that went okay, he re-enrolled into the same university that he had left.
Three years later he has his bachelor's degree and is excited to start his career. Even though it sounds a bit patronizing to me, I am very proud of him. I admire him a lot.
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