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Is This Really an Accomplishment?
May 12, 2017, 08:34 PM
AquabirdIs This Really an Accomplishment?
a new watch? or just a video game.
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May 12, 2017, 08:46 PM
EasyFireI have not problems with it. Just a social event.
May 12, 2017, 09:28 PM
RightwireYou graduate from two institutions. From High School, and College.
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parabellumBesides, for some of those little bastards, they'll never again be that close to a mortar boar, unless Arby's really changes their uniform.
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May 12, 2017, 09:39 PM
sigmonkeyAlmost 2000 years ago, the Romans having held graduations for Pre-D and Donec, began the celebration of "Gradus Uterum" on August 24, 70AD.
And immediately, Mount Vesuvius puked its guts out.
And now, you know, the rest of the story...
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Balzé Halzéquote:
Originally posted by EasyFire:
Just a social event.
So is high school graduation as far as I'm concerned.
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dry-flyMy 5yo daughter graduates from Kindergarten next Thursday and I'm quite happy and proud of her. There was a "graduation" back in the 70's when I was little. It's nothing new.
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May 12, 2017, 10:51 PM
KShooterI had one in late 80s. Don't think we wore cap and gowns though. Just got a "diploma" and picture taken.
My oldest was in public school when he finished Kindergarten, but I honestly don't remember if they did anything for it. My kids now go to a private school and my two younger kids had the cap and gown pictures taken.
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May 12, 2017, 11:05 PM
Sgt Neutronquote:
Originally posted by jljones:
At the end of sixth grade- Cap and gown.
This here's my nephew Jethro. He's the scholar in the family, done graduated sixth grade.....
May 12, 2017, 11:48 PM
frayedendsMy ex-wife owns a few daycare centers. She does a preschool graduation every year. It just a cute little thing with cap and t-shirt. It's a way for the kids to say bye to each other as they go to kindergarten. As others said, it's a photo op and social event.
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May 13, 2017, 01:42 AM
ftttuTouchy feely nonsense to me. Also, they don't even have high school graduation in England. You only get that when leaving university. Graduation ceremony for kindie-gartners, what a waste of time!
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May 13, 2017, 05:16 AM
2010ChallengerWe had graduation ceremonies for pre-school, kindergarten, 8th grade, and of course, high school. I made a deal with my mother that if I didn't quit my job, I didn't have to go to the high school one. I just wanted out of there. What made high school worse for me than it would have been, was that my sister was a "star", in the Nat Honor Society, took advanced classes, etc, and LOVED school. The only time I showed that I could equal her grades etc, was on the "Iowa Tests", where I would tie her or a couple of times, beat her scores. This infuriated her no end, "He doesn't even care about school!". I would probably kill myself if I was in school now, I thought the admins were insane back 40-50 years ago, and they seem even crazier now.
May 13, 2017, 09:01 AM
StramboI never heard of cap and gowns for these...sheesh.
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casI dunno man, I know a girl who was left back in kindergarten.
I knew her again later in life, she was a normal smart girl, so it's not like she has special needs or something. Maybe she just couldn't master the finger paints.
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May 13, 2017, 09:50 AM
Balzé Halzéquote:
Originally posted by ftttu:
Touchy feely nonsense to me. Also, they don't even have high school graduation in England. You only get that when leaving university. Graduation ceremony for kindie-gartners, what a waste of time!
I don't think anywhere else in the world does. France sure doesn't. I don't think they even have it for University. And the Cap and Gown thing seems to be uniquely American.
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bendableand now
you know .......... the rest ........... of
.......... the story ............ good day ! 
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May 13, 2017, 05:30 PM
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May 13, 2017, 08:12 PM
radiomanquote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
quote:
Originally posted by ftttu:
Touchy feely nonsense to me. Also, they don't even have high school graduation in England. You only get that when leaving university. Graduation ceremony for kindie-gartners, what a waste of time!
I don't think anywhere else in the world does. France sure doesn't. I don't think they even have it for University. And the Cap and Gown thing seems to be uniquely American.
Why would I care what they do in France? America sets the standards, not the other way around.
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May 13, 2017, 08:49 PM
wolfe 21quote:
Originally posted by 2010Challenger:
We had graduation ceremonies for pre-school, kindergarten, 8th grade, and of course, high school. I made a deal with my mother that if I didn't quit my job, I didn't have to go to the high school one. I just wanted out of there. What made high school worse for me than it would have been, was that my sister was a "star", in the Nat Honor Society, took advanced classes, etc, and LOVED school. The only time I showed that I could equal her grades etc, was on the "Iowa Tests", where I would tie her or a couple of times, beat her scores. This infuriated her no end, "He doesn't even care about school!". I would probably kill myself if I was in school now, I thought the admins were insane back 40-50 years ago, and they seem even crazier now.
This, for mostly the same reasons. I wanted out so bad I could taste it. Started skipping as much and often as I could senior year. Still had to go to the damn graduation ceremony for my mother (valedictorian of her class). 4 more years in college too.
Either way, not shocked they have ceremonies in the "everybody is a special little snow flake" world we live in.
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May 14, 2017, 09:27 AM
DoubleAdobeMrs. Ridgeway, the R.Lee Ermey of my Kindergarten in 1962, did not play that shit. Nope.
She would however, if needed, jerk a knot in your tail.