lil bull 04 Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Who else has been through the graduation process and thinks of it as nothing more than an over exaggerated awards ceremony just to get a stinking piece of paper that says you passed so many classes and wear a funny looking robe? :thinking: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathgirl Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 The only time that I have graduated was from preschool, my hat kept on falling off. :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil bull 04 Posted June 10, 2004 Author Share Posted June 10, 2004 i just graduated from high school and well it was boring thats why i was wondering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathgirl Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Congrats! Our band plays at graduation, but our school keeps it pretty short. Last year it was boring, but this year it was only like 45 minutes long! All they had was three class speakers, and they graduated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil bull 04 Posted June 10, 2004 Author Share Posted June 10, 2004 mine was 3 hours long and there were only 26 people graduating. and also my hat kept falling off and covering my eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathgirl Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 3 HOURS!! Wow, that would be boring!! There were only 26 pple too, usually the long ceremonies are at massive schools? That's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1337 k4th0l1x0r Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Both my high school and college graduations were 1h45m long. High school graduation was good and was worth it. At my college graduation, only the Ph. D. students got their names called out and everyone else got to get an empty diploma case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellenita Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 In the UK you only get to call yourself a graduate if you have a degree from a recognised university - we would never say someone has graduated from high school. Although high schools may have certificate giving ceremonies, they don't wear gowns and hats (academic dress) since this is reserved for graduates and postgraduate students. Graduation ceremony really is a special ocassion for people as they have struggled through their university education, including having to deal with coping with all the financial implications this involves! It's incredibly moving to see young people formally receive their degrees..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 I took my laptop to my little brother's graduation. That made it much less boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 [quote name='Raphael' date='Jun 10 2004, 12:25 PM'] I took my laptop to my little brother's graduation. That made it much less boring. [/quote] haha! That works, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Wednesday Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 I really didn't like my high school graduation because I felt like it was forced "feel goody, our class will be friends forever" kind of deal, when I knew this wasn't the case. You know, like the friend who says "I'll call you, we have to write each other" but really doesn't mean it. My college one was kinda fun, because my friends and I treated it a bit like a big joke, and there wasn't that false sentimentality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 My high school graduation was a joke from the beginning-- starting with the bonfire bound disposable gowns, to the "tell your mom and dad to bring lawn chairs because we don't want to use the stadium" to the handing out of helium balloons to try to keep us from tossing our caps... what a mess... at least the weather was nice. ... by the time I graduated from college, I was happy to get out of there and move on to "real life"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullnaChinaShop Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 [quote name='Ash Wednesday' date='Jun 10 2004, 02:30 PM']I really didn't like my high school graduation because I felt like it was forced "feel goody, our class will be friends forever" kind of deal, when I knew this wasn't the case. You know, like the friend who says "I'll call you, we have to write each other" but really doesn't mean it. My college one was kinda fun, because my friends and I treated it a bit like a big joke, and there wasn't that false sentimentality.[/quote] That is almost exactly how I felt about graduation from HS and College. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacobus Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 I am trying to get to spot 1 in my class. LOL! I am 4th right now out of 130. But the top 2 get to give speechs. LOL! And that might be fun. Hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleflower+JMJ Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 high school graduation to me is a waste of time LOL sorry if i sound grumpy or something but i mean high school has already been so dramatized and trouble do they really have to give you one last beating (aka a graduation ceremony) before letting you go? i was not sad nor happy at my high school graduation, no the word im looking for is relieved. it meant now i can get to the real stuff like getting my degree. college graduations are cool, they actually mean something haha im gonna try and graduate in 2 yrs for college and i know its gonna be sweet cuz its gonna my little gold nugget this time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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