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Post by 950nancy on Jan 28, 2019 4:06:11 GMT
I know we've had several threads around graduation time for high school graduations, but I was thinking about college graduation. This semester my youngest has 7 credits left, and is starting his adult job on Monday three days a week until he finishes college. He does not want to attend his graduation ceremony. I am good with that. The only reason I attended mine was that my parents bribed me with a VCR back when cost a lot of money. My son said he'd rather we take him to Vegas and sing Pomp and Circumstance on the Strip. I'm all about that because then I don't have to host out of town guests at our house.
Did you go or skip out on your college graduation? What was your reason?
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Post by moodyblue on Jan 28, 2019 4:07:58 GMT
I went to my collage graduation but I did not go to the ceremony when I received my Master's degree.
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Post by myshelly on Jan 28, 2019 4:08:27 GMT
I did not want to.
I think graduations are stupid. I hope my kids don’t want one.
My parents bribed me with very expensive diamond earrings if I went to the ceremony, so I went. But I could not have cared less and still do not care.
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Post by Dani-Mani on Jan 28, 2019 4:12:42 GMT
Yes and loved it. It was a small college and we sat in alphabetical order. I sat next two men I hardly knew, but all three of us cried during the singing of the Alma mater. A memory I won’t ever forget. ❤️❤️❤️
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Post by ~summer~ on Jan 28, 2019 4:13:17 GMT
Yes I went to my graduation, because I was a full time student up until it and it was a big deal. My parents, siblings and grandparents flew out for it. We had a big dinner and then they helped me fly my stuff back across the country!
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Post by snyder on Jan 28, 2019 4:13:52 GMT
I graduated HS a semester early and was onto other things, so I was not interested in going back for our ceremony. College, I did not go to that one either as I was working, had a family to take care of and another thing on my plate just did not sound appealing. Besides, I an introvert, so it is easy for me to convince myself I do not want to be in a large group of loud obnoxious people. Recently attended my grandson's HS and my son's college ceremony and was never so glad to get out of the venue. People yelling, screaming to the top of their lungs, poking you with their signs, stepping on your feet as they can't stay sit for any length of time. Not an exciting event for me.
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Post by Pahina722 on Jan 28, 2019 4:14:22 GMT
Nope. Finished defending my thesis (got bachelor and master degrees concurrently) in late June and college only had one ceremony per year: early June. By that time the following year, I lived 500 miles away and didn’t have time off or spare cash to get back to Atlanta for the ceremony.
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Post by alexa11 on Jan 28, 2019 4:24:24 GMT
No- I had gotten married the December before graduating in May. Hubby and I left for the beach when classes were over. Got my big diploma in the mail! Skipped out on the Masters' ceremony as well.
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Post by kluski on Jan 28, 2019 4:28:26 GMT
I did not for my bachelors bc I knew I needed my masters so I thought I’d cross the stage when I was really done. But life has its own plans for us. I ended up on complete bed rest leading up to the date for my masters graduation and actually ended up delivering a preemie days before. I was bummed to miss out on the celebration but my baby was far more important.
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Post by freecharlie on Jan 28, 2019 4:28:45 GMT
I have three degrees. I went to the graduation of my bachelors degree.
I finished grad school in the summer, so wouldn't walk until Dec. I missed the deadline to order my cap and gown and thus did not walk. I wish I had.
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Post by ashley on Jan 28, 2019 4:31:07 GMT
I didn’t go to commencement for either of my university degrees, undergrad or grad.
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Jan 28, 2019 4:31:41 GMT
I only graduated from community college, but I went to my ceremony. I had paid for every penny of my education myself while working almost full time, and I graduated with honors. I was proud of my accomplishment, and attending the ceremony reflected that. Paul Wellstone was at the ceremony and shook the hands of all the graduates, which was very special to me.
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Post by scraphollie27 on Jan 28, 2019 4:35:26 GMT
No, the ceremony was on a Thursday afternoon and I was working. That’s just the excuse I used because I didn’t really want to go. My family made a moderate deal of it and that was good enough for me.
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Post by Mary Kay Lady on Jan 28, 2019 4:40:34 GMT
Yes! I graduated from a community college and went to the graduation ceremony. (Alone. My parents were out of town on vacation and none of my siblings could be bothered.)
When I graduated from University both my parents went to the ceremony along with an uncle who was visiting from out of town.
Why did I go? Because I didn't want to look back over my life and wish that I had gone. I worked hard for my degrees and wanted to go to the ceremonies as a way to celebrate the milestones that they were.
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Post by anniefb on Jan 28, 2019 4:41:06 GMT
I did for my Bachelors degree but not for my masters.
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Post by Peal on Jan 28, 2019 4:43:39 GMT
No. I finished my degree online and out of state. My Dh attended for his Bachelors but not for his Masters or PhD. Again, we lived out of state when graduation rolled around. My oldest will be graduating next year. I imagine he will want to go. It isn't a huge university.
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Post by magenta on Jan 28, 2019 4:48:04 GMT
I didn’t go to the main ceremony, but a smaller one held by a cultural club I had belonged to for a year or so. I didn’t want to have my parents sit through a three hour ceremony where I’d walk across the stage for a minute with hundreds of other people in my major. The smaller one worked out very well and they actually called out names and you received a replica of your diploma. It was all my parents wanted to see.
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Post by 950nancy on Jan 28, 2019 4:49:54 GMT
I only graduated from community college, but I went to my ceremony. I had paid for every penny of my education myself while working almost full time, and I graduated with honors. I was proud of my accomplishment, and attending the ceremony reflected that. Paul Wellstone was at the ceremony and shook the hands of all the graduates, which was very special to me. I completely get why people attend their college graduations. It was a lot of work (community or 4 year). I think my parents also wanted me to walk because I graduated with honors in college, and in high school I farted around and didn't show my true potential. I might have surprised them. I got a 4.0 in my masters and I know my mom was smiling down on me for that. |
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Post by chendra on Jan 28, 2019 5:01:23 GMT
My parents made me go to both, two days in a row. I had a double major and the ceremonies were on different days. I would have preferred one ceremony or none to two days in the blazing sun, but I survived. I remember being so exhausted from finals, projects, moving and sitting in the sun that I went home to my parents' house and slept for over a day.
When my stepdaughter didn't want to attend hers, I was wholly supportive.
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Post by bc2ca on Jan 28, 2019 5:03:12 GMT
I did go to both. For my undergrad I was pretty ambivalent and went more because it was assumed I would. I really, really enjoyed the ceremony and walked away thinking I'd accomplished something. One of my favorite professors was on the podium and gave me a big hug instead of a handshake which shocked my dad and we had to find him after so I could introduce them. My parents hosted a nice restaurant dinner for my closest friends.
My grad program was a very small, very tight knit group and we all attended our graduation ceremony.
DD graduated in December and chose not to walk, which was fine with me. With the craziness of the holiday season and her taking off to South Africa on NYE, we haven't done anything to celebrate.
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Post by cindyupnorth on Jan 28, 2019 5:05:02 GMT
My youngest graduated a semester early and still went back and walked with all her friends and classmates. She was working a full time job by then. College grads aren’t usually a big tadoo, so just her parents, sister and grandparents were there. We went out to eat afterwards. Celebrating on the strip with your parents sounds very... different
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2019 5:07:47 GMT
No, they were too expensive. I sold one set of tickets for $200 tho. B
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Post by Legacy Girl on Jan 28, 2019 5:13:46 GMT
Yes, and I wouldn't have missed it. I went to a small liberal arts university, and I made some of the best friends of my life in those four years. The ceremony was great (I don't think there were very many of my classmates who missed it), and the photos we all took that day have only grown to be more precious to me through the years.
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Post by katybee on Jan 28, 2019 5:19:59 GMT
I did when I got my teaching credential. Nancy Pelosi gave the commencement address.
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Post by MsKnit on Jan 28, 2019 6:16:12 GMT
When I finish my bachelors, I plan to walk. Never in a million years would have thought that one possible.
I’m not inviting anyone to attend. It’s for me and me alone.
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Post by smcast on Jan 28, 2019 6:21:49 GMT
No for both of my degrees earned at different colleges.
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Post by garcia5050 on Jan 28, 2019 6:49:37 GMT
No. I wasn’t proud of myself for graduating from my last choice school. I was a commuter student, carrying a full load and working full time (bank teller), so I also didn’t make any good friends. My good friends were my high school friends. It was easy to stay put.
I never even told my parents I had finished. My mom thought I dropped out and was angry until my diploma came in the mail.
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Post by bc2ca on Jan 28, 2019 7:06:54 GMT
No, they were too expensive. I sold one set of tickets for $200 tho. B I never been to a ceremony where we had to pay for tickets.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2019 7:11:11 GMT
No, they were too expensive. I sold one set of tickets for $200 tho. B I never been to a ceremony where we had to pay for tickets. When you only get 2 tickets for graduation and everybody wants more, you sell to the highest bidder. |
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Post by KelleeM on Jan 28, 2019 9:04:11 GMT
Back in the dark ages at a university with over 4000 graduates a year and no separate ceremonies within individual colleges, yes, I went. My name wasn’t called and I received an empty folder. I was the first person in my family to graduate college and never even thought about not going. My mom and my sister went but my dad couldn’t get away from his seasonal business to attend.
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