Did you see your graduation as a big deal?
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Did you see your graduation as a big deal?No matter how hard I try, I can't get excited over my graduation. I've enjoyed university, so it's not like leaving school again when I was just happy to be going ... but I'm also ready to leave, so I'm not dreading the end. I've done quite well over the years, and hopefully this has carried on into my final exams.
So why can't I feel excited about graduation? My parents are more excited than me! I just feel nothing about it, but I get the feeling that I should. Instead, I'm going to the ceremony because they want to see me graduate - if it was just about me, I wouldn't bother. I'm not negative towards it, I just don't have any strong feelings about it?
Is there meant to be something more to it, or is this neutrality a common feeling to have? Maybe because I'm not fully finished yet (still got an exam to go) I'm not feeling like it's really close; maybe I'll feel differently later? -
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Re: Did you see your graduation as a big deal?You're pretty standard. Unless you have a fantastically tight group of friends that are all graduating next to each other, you are graduating for your Mum. Mums love graduations. So do Dads, but just a bit quieter and without the obsession over photos!(Original post by Flotographer)
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Re: Did you see your graduation as a big deal?Like threeportdrift says, graduation is really for the parents in most cases.
That said, my graduation ceremony was a big deal for me. Partly because I was graduating with 5 of my closest friends. Partly because I had to wait almost two years for the damn ceremony, having left Oxford in 2010 (I only had the ceremony for Oxford a few weeks ago!).
The main reason it was a big deal for me is because there were points during my final year where my tutors and family honestly weren't sure that I'd pass my exams, and I wasn't really sure if I'd get out of there alive (no joke). So to go back there and actually get a degree and be like "yeah, there were hard times, but I ****ing did this!" was a huge deal for me
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Re: Did you see your graduation as a big deal?Agreed that graduations are for the parents mostly
I am looking forward to mine, I know quite a few people from sixth form who will also be graduating plus our whole course is pretty close so it will be good to see everyone graduate.
But I can understand why people might not be excited or even go to theirs.
