A closer look
Celebrating the culmination of years of intense academic effort requires participating in a final, mandatory financial shakedown. Students are forced to rent ceremonial robes made of the cheapest, most unbreathable polyester known to humanity. The rental fee often greatly exceeds the actual manufacturing cost of the garment itself. You return the robe immediately after crossing the stage, allowing the supplier to rent the exact same cheap fabric to another victim the very next year.
