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Is This Really an Accomplishment?
May 12, 2017, 07:02 PM
AirpusherIs This Really an Accomplishment?
Tonight my wife attended a Kindergarten "graduation." Seriously? A graduation? Last night she attended a pre-K "graduation." Like you can NOT get out of pre-school? Gowns, caps and the works. (shakes head in disbelief)
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May 12, 2017, 07:08 PM
Balzé HalzéYou gotta be kidding me.
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May 12, 2017, 07:14 PM
FenrisPhoto-op
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ZSMICHAELHeadstart has had graduations for years. For some individuals this is their terminal degree and only graduation ceremony.
May 12, 2017, 07:17 PM
hudrI went to a "private" kindergarten. We had a graduation. This was in the mid 70's. I still have the class picture. A lot of those kids I went all the way through school with, K-12.
May 12, 2017, 07:17 PM
Floyd D. BarberHey, the makers of graduation robes gotta get paid.
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May 12, 2017, 07:19 PM
OKCGeneEverybody gets a trophy....
May 12, 2017, 07:20 PM
SR025How ridiculous
May 12, 2017, 07:27 PM
LeemurAbout as impressive as graduating from any joke of a high school now.
May 12, 2017, 07:29 PM
honestlouI went to Ms Hazels for kindergarten in a small town in south Louisiana in 1966. Ms Hazel seemed pretty old to me, and my mom told me that she looked the same when my mom went to her for kindergarten- tha would have been in 1934.
And Ms Hazel had a kindergarten graduation ceremony.
May 12, 2017, 07:32 PM
parabellumquote:
Originally posted by Fenris:
Photo-op
I think that's probably it. Cute photos of your kid in cap and gown.
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May 12, 2017, 07:39 PM
jljonesBy the time a student leaves the 12th grade, they will "graduate" four or five times. Here, the have a cap and gown ceremony at each of the following grade level-
At the end of Pre-school- Cap and gown.
At the end of kindergarten- Cap and gown.
At the end of sixth grade- Cap and gown.
At the end of eighth grade- Cap and gown.
And if they make to it to 12th- Cap and gown.
I think it is ridiculous myself. At each occasion, the family shows up in their best Dale Earnhardt T shirts, and the kid gets a diploma.
May 12, 2017, 07:39 PM
ArtieSIt's just fine, if alcohol is involved.
"I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation."
Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II.
May 12, 2017, 07:40 PM
Deqlynquote:
Originally posted by ArtieS:
It's just fine, if alcohol is involved.
is there any other way?
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AndybI'd say it's more for the parents.
"Pickin' stones and pullin' teats is a hard way to make a living. But, sure as God's got sandals, it beats fightin' dudes with treasure trails."
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radiomanThey're little kids. I kind of enjoyed my daughter's Kinder graduation. No big deal and a good opportunity to see other parents etc.
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May 12, 2017, 08:02 PM
MNSIGHardly a new occurrence. I did it back in 1970. There were no gowns, but we had construction paper mortar boards and blue Ditto copied diplomas.
May 12, 2017, 08:21 PM
showproIt's cute and the parent love it. The kids won't remember it next week. What's the big deal?
May 12, 2017, 08:29 PM
Balzé HalzéThis country is ridiculous with its obsession with graduation ceremonies.
~Alan
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May 12, 2017, 08:32 PM
LS1 GTOMight be the only thing some of this kids will ever graduate from.
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