The Graduates

Despite coming of age in a time of uncertainty, secondary school and college students from the class of 2020, also known as the class of Covid-19, tell us their hopes and dreams for the future

By Kristy Or

Hong Kong JADEN YUEN Age: 17 School: Harrow International School Hong Kong Looking through my graduation yearbook, the class photos taken over Zoom are only one of the many reminders of the bizarre year thus far, but most of all they are a reminder that I will be graduating into a world that has changed in ways previously unimaginable. As the world clamps into lockdown to combat Covid-19, nations have closed their borders one after the other, in turn raising concerns about the future of globalisation and perhaps signalling a general shift towards increasingly individualistic lifestyles. “In the end, it is up to us to decide how to make the most out of our situation, and to demonstrate resilience in the face of adversity” — JADEN YUEN Despite this, with…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2020

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