My grad ceremony is coming up in two weeks. Last year I watched as each grad strode up the stage and received the rolled up award. This year, it won’t be me who will be watching. I’ll be up there doing my thing — listening and pretending to perceive the profound compliments the teacher will be reading out loud for me. Besides all the work I have to do at the end of the year, I see a couple of things.. wrong, or at least not so natural. It’s just another excuse for all the things that I see inexcusable.
Too big of a deal
Maybe it’s just me, but why is everyone thinking that if it was their last moment in life, it had to be grad? It’s just an end for a studying experience in a horrible building. I’m going to go walk in there, take my awards, smile, and leave. Is that going to be so crucial to what I’ll be doing in twenty years? I doubt it.
Dresses
All the girls are going to dress up. I will too, but in nothing more than just a suit. But picking out a dress and pondering over the decision of a $500 dress or a $750 dress seem to be a central part of this grad thing for girls. Dresses are more important than the actual grad. Who needs to graduate when you don’t have a dress to wear? But then again, it’s pretty common.
Okay that was only two things. I’m looking forward to it though. Grad ceremony, followed by a $100 buffet dinner, enclosed by an all night party with just the grads.
um….i wud SO not do that. 500 is realli too much to spend on a dress…and i’ve been meaning to ask..is that ACTUALLY my IP address? :P
Actually, I graduate from high school tonight :)
You basically hit a home run with that post…Its not going to be the end of the world, and yes its sad that Im going to part ways with a lot of my friends, but I know that I will make new ones when I go off to college
Woo I graduate in about three weeks and yeah, it’s such a stupid ceremony and such. The way I see it though is it’s the last time we ever have to partake in a stupid school sponsored event which is nothing but a huge waste of time. Congrats regardless though, hope it’s fun!
Just wait until you have kids, Josh, more school sponsored events!!
Tracy, yes that is your real IP. Start -> Run -> cmd -> ipconfig :)
Sean, congrads! Drink a lot of beer afterwards :D
Josh, thank you! I guess part of the reason why it seems so big is that people spend 5 years in highschool waiting for the grad ceremony.
Satoshi, my parents hate those too. It’s pretty annoying having to think about what I bring home everyday I guess.
Maybe they think like this: oh, Thanks God! I am finally graduated! It means successfull, not only taking their awards, smile and leave. One week later I am going to take my diploma and certificate, I am still thinking what I’d wear. (hey, not everyone can have grad ceremony actually, I meant, I see a few who dropped out from the univ, and lots of other cases. So the students who are having a grad ceremony must be happy, also proud hehe…)
I’m definitely proud, to the extent that I’m glad to leave this place and go to a better one (university). Grad ceremony is kind of like a landmark for a period of accomplishment in life.