:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

12/19/2007 7:30:39 AM

congrats, but do you know your grades?

12/19/2007 7:31:36 AM

me too, where the hell is my tie

12/19/2007 7:44:17 AM

shit, we're supposed to wear a tie?

12/19/2007 7:46:20 AM

fuck that. All I'm going to is my department one.

12/19/2007 8:18:52 AM

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"fuck that. All I'm going to is my department one."

same here

and I didn't even want to do that...parents, bah!

12/19/2007 8:25:19 AM

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"congrats, but do you know your grades? "

That's a good question that I have wondered about. How does it work if not all of the grades have been reported?

12/19/2007 8:43:14 AM

I heard that they kick you back out the door.

12/19/2007 8:46:54 AM

So far I've skipped my undergraduate graduations (university and department) for both degrees, and my graduate (masters) degree.

My parents and girlfriend think I'm crazy, and tell me if I skip out on the PhD that I will really regret it. I don't want to go because I hate that hood thing they make you wear.

12/19/2007 8:50:48 AM

yeah, I'd never hear the end of it if I didn't go, so I figure I'll just suck it up and deal with it.

12/19/2007 8:56:31 AM

I didn't go to mine.

12/19/2007 9:07:35 AM

^^^

It's beyond me why after putting in years of hard work you wouldn't want to be recognized by your peers and closest friends...but whatever.

12/19/2007 9:16:32 AM

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"It's beyond me why after putting in years of hard work you wouldn't want to be recognized by your peers and closest friends...but whatever."

peers - well, they kind of did the same thing
friends - that's what the bar is for


a graduation ceremony is not required for this 'recognition' business. If you wanna recognize my hard work, buy me a congratulatory drink

12/19/2007 9:22:12 AM

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"buy me a congratulatory drink"

Exactly!


my sister is graduating (masters degree) and she isn't going to her graduation. but she is goin out tonight and invited all her friends, and will shall buy her drinks

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12/19/2007 9:24:09 AM

I'd much rather get a phone call from a friend saying 'congrats' rather than having to go through the whole ceremony thing. I don't need to be recognized. To me, completing a degree is more of a personal accomplishment and I don't need to go to a ceremony to know that I've reached my goal.

I'm not saying anything bad about graduation ceremonies, just that they aren't really for me.

12/19/2007 9:25:19 AM

Congrats! I'll lift a cold one in your honor.

12/19/2007 9:25:21 AM

12/19/2007 9:53:00 AM

I wish this thread was around back when I decided not to attend.

I was getting shit from every angle, even my professors.

Dr. La Vopa said he wouldn't come if I wasn't going.

12/19/2007 9:55:20 AM

I skipped the big graduation ceremony this morning. I go to my departmental graduation ceremony at noon.

12/19/2007 10:34:11 AM

i was on TV last year when i went to the big grad. ceremony

12/19/2007 10:35:17 AM

I have paid for all of my school, and I am going to every single ceremony there is! I think it is silly to not go. I mean, you've been there for 4, maybe 2, years - what is another hour or so?

12/19/2007 10:48:27 AM

i just did the departmental one

12/19/2007 10:51:30 AM

I was at the RBC Center today for my brother. It was painful to sit through.

12/19/2007 1:12:56 PM

Biology Departmental took all of 30 mins

and they fucking said my name wrong...how hard is Michael to pronounce...does it look like Melissa to anyone else?? I want my $40K back

fuck it, I'm done

12/19/2007 2:30:41 PM

Congrats. But will you still come to TSB and argue with me about national security and so on?

PS (a word of advice to you all): You should attend these various ceremonies. Maybe they don't matter to you now, but one day they might--and you can't rewind life.

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12/19/2007 2:32:52 PM