I received this email today:

“Dear Steinhardt Graduate Student:

Are you in graduating in January or May? Would you like your picture taken in
academic attire to give out to family, friends or as a souvenir of your
accomplishment?”

(and then there were more details of when and where and who and what and all that good stuff that I didn’t read because…)

Am I just way too unsentimental if my gut reaction was “Uh…no, thank you.”