[Maine Mariner]

It is a big deal for parents and grandparents, especially if the graduate is the first member of a family to attend and graduate from college!

[janetjanet998]

Plus many of them also missed their high school graduation 4 years ago during Covid

[DugwayDuke]

Maine Mariner wrote: “It is a big deal for parents and grandparents, especially if the graduate is the first member of a family to attend and graduate from college!”

I refused to go to my graduation. I explained to my parents that graduation at OU was not what she imagined. It was held in the football stadium in late-May, very hot. No shade. Cost $25 to rent the graduation gown. Only those recieving a doctorate ‘walked’, ie, crossed the podium to recive their diploma.

[9YearLurker]

That is half the problem with education in our country: Families who think education is about the pomp and circumstance, instead of what their darlings learn;

Our schools and colleges would get away with a lot less than they do if those parents would smarten up!