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Post by beergut on Jun 1, 2016 19:42:19 GMT -5
A week ago Sunday, there was the baccalaureate service at the local church.
Then the seniors had a lock-in at the school.
Last night, they had their senior awards.
Tomorrow is senior breakfast.
Friday is commencement.
At this point, I'm tired of all of the various senior recognition events. When I was at the awards ceremony yesterday, my brother texted me, "Jesus Christ, how many graduation ceremonies do they get?"
Anyone else having graduation fatigue? I am beginning to wonder how many recognition events we need to have for these seniors for them to feel 'special'.
I've had three different weddings with two wedding showers in the last three months, and have another wedding coming in two weeks. Maybe I am just tired of special events, period.
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Post by Works4me on Jun 1, 2016 19:50:57 GMT -5
How much is all of this costing you?
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Post by whoami on Jun 1, 2016 19:54:37 GMT -5
My friends daughter has made the Deans list a few times at school and apparently when they do....its a HUGE deal every single semester. Banquet, photos flowers etc. I think its ridiculous. When I went to college, you had to make the Deans list every semester for 4 years in order to be recognized....which I and 3 others in my graduating class did. We got a plaque at the Senior banquet. I read today that at Plano HS, the Honor Society kids cant wear their cords (or whatever) at graduation because it might make other students feel left out. FFS.
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Post by giramomma on Jun 1, 2016 20:03:31 GMT -5
I have end of the school year fatigue.
But, these are actual events that some combination of DH and I must attend for our young kids. School plays, concerts, scout courts of honors, etc. Plus our middle child was invited to like 3 birthday parties within the last month of school. And each of our kids are in outdoor sports. On Tuesdays, for the past 6 weeks, all the kids have something at literally the *exact* same time. Plus, I needed to get some school related volunteering done. Toss in 5 family birthdays over the past 6 weeks, and yeah. I'm done.
My oldest is 12 and had a lock in. They needed chaperones, but not every parent needed to pitch in.
When he gets to 8th grade, there's a metric shit-ton of activities. But, again, the parents are not required (or likely wanted) to attend all of them.
How many of these activities do you need to attend? Do you need to attend senior breakfast? The lock-in? I'd assume by this point, these things would be more for the graduate to manage than you...That's what I'm planning for when my oldest hits 8th grade.
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Post by beergut on Jun 1, 2016 20:06:28 GMT -5
My friends daughter has made the Deans list a few times at school and apparently when they do....its a HUGE deal every single semester. Banquet, photos flowers etc. I think its ridiculous. When I went to college, you had to make the Deans list every semester for 4 years in order to be recognized....which I and 3 others in my graduating class did. We got a plaque at the Senior banquet. I read today that at Plano HS, the Honor Society kids cant wear their cords (or whatever) at graduation because it might make other students feel left out. FFS. The article I read on Fox News makes it seem that way, but it appears there is a more logical explanation. National Honor Society is not a school-sponsored organization, but an off-campus organization. The school doesn't allow school-sponsored organizations to wear stoles, because then you have kids wearing stoles with dick-shaped rainbows all over them to represent the LGBT club (because they're teenagers, and teenagers are stupid/obnoxious like that), so the policy stops a potential problem at the front end. If you can't allow school-sponsored organizational stoles, you can't allow off-campus stoles. I think they could make an exception for NHS, but that's just me. Apparently, it is a tradition at Plano to not wear the NHS stoles, and has been for a while. Students were given the option to change the tradition in 2008-'09, and opted not to.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Jun 1, 2016 20:24:15 GMT -5
Except for the Senior Awards and the actual graduation ceremony, seniors in my town go to all the other events alone (without parents). They have/had a mandatory breakfast with the local police, Class Night with dinner and retrospective video at an area banquet facility, Boston Harbor cruise with dinner wearing their college's swag, and a Six Flags trip. Cost to me for everything including cap and gown was $105.
As for graduation fatigue, I'm actually feeling a little graduation cold shoulder. YDS is the last grandchild on both sides of the family to graduate from high school. I made the effort and incurred the expense to go to all the others that I was invited to over the years. YDS is kind of getting the short end. Like you, some folks are fatigued or simply moved on. To be fair, some have legitimate reasons to miss his ceremony and celebration. But others would have held a grudge for the rest of their Lives if I hadn't gone but don't feel the same obligation in return. It's NOT about gifts. It's about having extended family cheer at the top of their lungs for you and swarm you and hug you and congratulate you. YDS will have just DH, ODS, and I. Kinda sucks, IMHO.
As for weddings, we had/have 3 out-of-state weddings in 8 months along with showers. If not for the travel and hotel costs and the clothing expenses, I'd be thrilled. I'm still happy and excited for everyone, but feeling like I'm hemorrhaging money.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2016 21:36:20 GMT -5
High School Graduation is way overblown. HS graduation is an expectation for most of these kids, so I am not sure why the massive celebrations occur. Seems like celebration should be for College Graduation. I know my daughter's boyfriends family was mortified that my entire family had not flown across country for my daughter's HS graduation. Huh? What, Why? It is not like she had any other option but to graduate My family mantra: If you do what is expected of you, you may go quietly into your future without family interference. If you mess up however, hell and damnation is rained down on you
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jun 1, 2016 21:38:53 GMT -5
Fiancee's nephew graduated last week. They had awards night/Mass one night and graduation the next. Not sure of any other things. The following day was state track championships bright and early.
I had awards night, graduation and a senior thing I think I skipped. It got all messed up my year. Previous years were much cooler. I grew up watching their parades each spring. We didn't get that.
In general I'm just done. Between the graduations, showers, holiday parties and other events I'm done. Ready for summer and a break.
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Post by alabamagal on Jun 1, 2016 22:23:41 GMT -5
I agree high school graduation is WAY overblown. We never did much but there were multiple ceremonies and awards.
We are going through college graduations now. Went to DD in 2012, DS1 fiancé in 2014, DS1 in late 2014, DS1 fiancé masters this year. Looking forward to final one next year when DS2 graduates. That will be the biggest party!
Actually next year will be busy with DS2 college graduation in May, DS1 wedding in June then DD wedding in August.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Jun 1, 2016 22:41:48 GMT -5
High School Graduation is way overblown. HS graduation is an expectation for most of these kids, so I am not sure why the massive celebrations occur. Seems like celebration should be for College Graduation. I know my daughter's boyfriends family was mortified that my entire family had not flown across country for my daughter's HS graduation. Huh? What, Why? It is not like she had any other option but to graduate My family mantra: If you do what is expected of you, you may go quietly into your future without family interference. If you mess up however, hell and damnation is rained down on you I agree. I get that it's a kind of a big deal with the whole rite of passage from child to adult, but graduating from high school, even with good grades isn't that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. It seems like it at the time, but looking back, it really wasn't a major accomplishment. You just meet the minimum educational attainment expected of an adult in our modern society, congratulations? College is kind of a bigger deal, but does anyone in their 20's or beyond really care what you did or awards you got in high school? As for me, I remember going to a dinner/awards night. I think there was a breakfast but I didn't go to it, and that was about it.
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Post by cronewitch on Jun 1, 2016 23:33:43 GMT -5
What gets me is they have graduations before high school. I can see graduating kindergarten, cute but now 5th and 8th grades too because they change schools. Before my time 8th grade was the end of school for most kids so only those getting to go to high school weren't done with education so it was a big deal. When I was a girl all kids finishing 8th grade went to 9th in Jr high so not even changing schools. We didn't celebrate any of that and high school graduation was just the ceremony we didn't get breakfast or anything but the cap and gown. Mom invited people to the house for food, my brothers and I and some friends went dancing then at midnight we all went to Seattle and then Canada for the weekend on a spur of the moment trip. Mom had said I couldn't go because we invited people from out of town but my brother and our friends from Seattle were going so no reason to stay home. I was going steady with a boy in Canada so stayed at his house for the weekend then a night at a future SIL's house then back home for a week before leaving for good. Cheap trip with Civil Air Patrol, we stayed with Royal Canadian Sea and Air Cadets, my boyfriend was a sea cadet so was at the boat with his mom when we got there and she allowed me to be billeted at her house.
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Post by beergut on Jun 2, 2016 4:45:42 GMT -5
How many of these activities do you need to attend? Do you need to attend senior breakfast? The lock-in? I'd assume by this point, these things would be more for the graduate to manage than you...That's what I'm planning for when my oldest hits 8th grade. I went to Baccalaureate to hear the preacher speak, b/c this is GF's church, and she really wants this preacher to be the officiant at our distant future wedding. The service wasn't horribad, although it was amusing hearing the 16YO's take on the district superintendent's message to the graduating seniors. While I heard, "You've started on the path, you've reached one point in your journey, continue on this path and you will be successful in reaching your destination in life", she heard, "If you don't remain an observant Christian, you are doomed to be a failure in life." Different strokes Senior lock-in was students only, and a few parent volunteers chaperoned. Award ceremony I went to, it was a total beating and two hours of my life I'll never get back. To make matters worse, GF received a call saying 17YO had received an award, so we went. She had applied for a small scholarship, so we figured it was either that, or she was receiving a cord for some other accomplishment. The school screwed up, she didn't receive any awards, we were called by mistake. She was humiliated. I was freaking livid She is legitimately ADHD, struggles to sit still long enough to read a book, but is going to graduate with a 3.7 GPA. I am very proud of her accomplishments. I don't need her to receive any awards to make me prouder of her, but her having to sit there and watch many of her classmates receive award after award made her feel diminished. She wasn't the only senior who received that call by mistake, there were several others sitting around us. To the principal's credit, she talked to the seniors immediately the next morning, and personally apologized to each senior, and sent out an email apologizing to the parents. Senior Breakfast is about five hours from now, parents are to serve the seniors. Unless GF or 17YO ask me to go, I don't plan on attending. I'll be at commencement Friday, and the graduation party we're throwing on Saturday.
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Post by beergut on Jun 2, 2016 5:11:42 GMT -5
It's NOT about gifts. It's about having extended family cheer at the top of their lungs for you and swarm you and hug you and congratulate you. YDS will have just DH, ODS, and I. Kinda sucks, IMHO.That does suck. I had relatives fly in from out of town, out of state, had at least 20 people at the HS ceremony, and over 100 at the party following. Granted, I come from a big family, but they always showed up for everyone's graduation.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jun 2, 2016 6:43:28 GMT -5
Damn that's pretty crappy of the school!!
Speaking of cheering GRG, the one I went to last week forbid that until all names were announced. And last year people who did cheer as that graduate walked up the principal told them it was disrespectful and she was disappointed in them. Very odd.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Jun 2, 2016 8:07:28 GMT -5
It's NOT about gifts. It's about having extended family cheer at the top of their lungs for you and swarm you and hug you and congratulate you. YDS will have just DH, ODS, and I. Kinda sucks, IMHO.That does suck. I had relatives fly in from out of town, out of state, had at least 20 people at the HS ceremony, and over 100 at the party following. Granted, I come from a big family, but they always showed up for everyone's graduation. There will be a bigger crowd, eventually. At the awesome restaurant we will celebrate at afterward. (Insert eye roll) I get that some folks have really legitimate reasons to miss the ceremony and/or celebration. I have missed the ceremony of some relatives for legitimate reasons (work, lacrosse playoffs, etc.). But, ODS, who graduated last June, definitely had a bigger crowd. I'm hoping YDS doesn't take it personally. As for high school graduation being overblown, I think there is much more to celebrate than attendance and good grades. The teen years can suck. School can be a genuine challenge for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with academics. There are still kids -- in my wealthy town -- who do not go on to college so this will be their only graduation. (Shrug). I'm a "any reason to celebrate -- I'm there -- because life is short" kind of girl. Although, that said, I am not a fan of middle school graduation for today's kids. The carrot should be high school, at a minimum.
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Post by yogiii on Jun 2, 2016 8:16:43 GMT -5
That does suck. I had relatives fly in from out of town, out of state, had at least 20 people at the HS ceremony, and over 100 at the party following. Granted, I come from a big family, but they always showed up for everyone's graduation. There will be a bigger crowd, eventually. At the awesome restaurant we will celebrate at afterward. (Insert eye roll) I get that some folks have really legitimate reasons to miss the ceremony and/or celebration. I have missed the ceremony of some relatives for legitimate reasons (work, lacrosse playoffs, etc.). But, ODS, who graduated last June, definitely had a bigger crowd. I'm hoping YDS doesn't take it personally. As for high school graduation being overblown, I think there is much more to celebrate than attendance and good grades. The teen years can suck. School can be a genuine challenge for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with academics. There are still kids -- in my wealthy town -- who do not go on to college so this will be their only graduation. (Shrug). I'm a "any reason to celebrate -- I'm there -- because life is short" kind of girl. Although, that said, I am not a fan of middle school graduation for today's kids. The carrot should be high school, at a minimum. Would you like me to crash the graduation? I have a cute belted dress with an exposed zipper (your favorite) I could wear!
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jun 2, 2016 8:20:19 GMT -5
The ceremony I'm going to tonight is mostly just a Mass I'm told. Fiancee's nieces and nephews go to a catholic school that runs K-8. So they do a Mass to celebrate the kids moving on. We'll go to dinner after and that's it. I'm thinking this won't be the 25 minute Thursday morning version of Mass though. At least the church is air conditioned!
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Jun 2, 2016 8:21:19 GMT -5
There will be a bigger crowd, eventually. At the awesome restaurant we will celebrate at afterward. (Insert eye roll) I get that some folks have really legitimate reasons to miss the ceremony and/or celebration. I have missed the ceremony of some relatives for legitimate reasons (work, lacrosse playoffs, etc.). But, ODS, who graduated last June, definitely had a bigger crowd. I'm hoping YDS doesn't take it personally. As for high school graduation being overblown, I think there is much more to celebrate than attendance and good grades. The teen years can suck. School can be a genuine challenge for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with academics. There are still kids -- in my wealthy town -- who do not go on to college so this will be their only graduation. (Shrug). I'm a "any reason to celebrate -- I'm there -- because life is short" kind of girl. Although, that said, I am not a fan of middle school graduation for today's kids. The carrot should be high school, at a minimum. Would you like me to crash the graduation? I have a cute belted dress with an exposed zipper (your favorite) I could wear! Only if you bring your adorably social son with you. I have some younger female relatives who would love to get married. :-)
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jun 2, 2016 9:02:37 GMT -5
Would you like me to crash the graduation? I have a cute belted dress with an exposed zipper (your favorite) I could wear! Only if you bring your adorably social son with you. I have some younger female relatives who would love to get married. :-) which number wife is your son on now, yogiii?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2016 9:14:09 GMT -5
There will be a bigger crowd, eventually. At the awesome restaurant we will celebrate at afterward. (Insert eye roll) I get that some folks have really legitimate reasons to miss the ceremony and/or celebration. I have missed the ceremony of some relatives for legitimate reasons (work, lacrosse playoffs, etc.). But, ODS, who graduated last June, definitely had a bigger crowd. I'm hoping YDS doesn't take it personally. As for high school graduation being overblown, I think there is much more to celebrate than attendance and good grades. The teen years can suck. School can be a genuine challenge for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with academics. There are still kids -- in my wealthy town -- who do not go on to college so this will be their only graduation. (Shrug). I'm a "any reason to celebrate -- I'm there -- because life is short" kind of girl. Although, that said, I am not a fan of middle school graduation for today's kids. The carrot should be high school, at a minimum. Would you like me to crash the graduation? I have a cute belted dress with an exposed zipper (your favorite) I could wear! Get ouuta my head!!! I was going to say the same thing. give me the time, place and kid's name and I can drop by and hoot and holler. no cute belted dress though, too fat for that. Nice sundress I can throw a sweater over though.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Jun 2, 2016 9:20:20 GMT -5
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Post by yogiii on Jun 2, 2016 9:23:42 GMT -5
Only if you bring your adorably social son with you. I have some younger female relatives who would love to get married. :-) which number wife is your son on now, yogiii ? I'm not sure. Kindy was in it's own building so he'll be in a new school next year. Fresh batch of chicks, who knows what will happen. Plus he starts camp this summer. Oh man ... watch out ladies!
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Post by garion2003 on Jun 2, 2016 9:24:04 GMT -5
What gets me is they have graduations before high school. I can see graduating kindergarten, cute but now 5th and 8th grades too because they change schools. Before my time 8th grade was the end of school for most kids so only those getting to go to high school weren't done with education so it was a big deal. When I was a girl all kids finishing 8th grade went to 9th in Jr high so not even changing schools. Yeah I was a little surprised when friends started posting photos of their kids PRESCHOOL graduation. Complete with lil caps and gowns..cute...but BARF.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jun 2, 2016 9:28:08 GMT -5
My brother had a head start graduation. No big deal we went to the local park that had a stage. We lived in a very small town then so it was something to do! We still have pictures of me the older sister proudly walking him back to his seat. If you have events on and on for a month sure I get fatigue. But one simple ceremony at lower levels? I'm not getting bent out of shape about that.
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Post by taz157 on Jun 2, 2016 9:44:10 GMT -5
My DD is in PreK this year and starts kindergarten in the fall. She does have a PreK graduation and will receive some type of diploma as we have to return the cap and gown before she can get the diploma. DD is excited! Mom and dad wished it wasn't at 1 on a Saturday (breaks up the day). A grandma is bummed she'll miss it as she'll be visiting her son and his family.
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Post by saveinla on Jun 2, 2016 11:57:43 GMT -5
At least the kids are cute and loving at the pre-k graduation unlike the high school ones where they know it all
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jun 2, 2016 16:10:12 GMT -5
High School Graduation is way overblown. HS graduation is an expectation for most of these kids, so I am not sure why the massive celebrations occur. Seems like celebration should be for College Graduation. I know my daughter's boyfriends family was mortified that my entire family had not flown across country for my daughter's HS graduation. Huh? What, Why? It is not like she had any other option but to graduate My family mantra: If you do what is expected of you, you may go quietly into your future without family interference. If you mess up however, hell and damnation is rained down on you I agree. I get that it's a kind of a big deal with the whole rite of passage from child to adult, but graduating from high school, even with good grades isn't that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. It seems like it at the time, but looking back, it really wasn't a major accomplishment. You just meet the minimum educational attainment expected of an adult in our modern society, congratulations? College is kind of a bigger deal, but does anyone in their 20's or beyond really care what you did or awards you got in high school? As for me, I remember going to a dinner/awards night. I think there was a breakfast but I didn't go to it, and that was about it. This was my DS in a nutshell. He didn't go to anything but graduation unless it was absolutely mandatory and that was one meeting. He wouldn't have bothered with graduation if I hadn't asked him to do so for me, so I didn't have to listen to my parents complain. I have a large family that lives in the area and only my parents, mom's aunt & son's father showed outside of our nuclear family. My sister & her husband may have shown, I forget now. It's been a whole year!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2016 16:52:37 GMT -5
Our principal has stopped the ceremony to stare down the parents who were whooping and hollering. We have 650 graduates in our senior class. The name calling has to move quickly, or the ceremony will last all night. If someone cheers after a name is announced, there is a good chance that the next name will not be heard. That's not fair to the next person. Besides, it is supposed to be a dignified ceremony. The cheering and celebrating can take place afterwards. I teach seniors. They have Awards Day (seniors only because again it would be too long) and Graduation. That's all the parents attend. There is no church service since even a mega-church would not be large enough to hold the seniors, their families, and other worshippers. There is a play day (sort of like a field day) right before exams start, but the teachers do the serving. There is a graduation breakfast the day of graduation, but the junior class officers do the serving. Graduation itself is held in a major college's basketball arena. The graduates are still limited to eight tickets each, which causes disappointment. beergut, try looking at it from the perspective of the seniors. They have worked (maybe) thirteen years for this moment. From the day the start their senior year, they are really counting it down because afterwards "the rest of their life" begins. For some, that is college. For many, though, even if they start that way, it soon ends up being a job. Parents are usually as excited about graduation as the kids are. That's why they are willing to spend mega-bucks on all those senior pictures, etc.
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Post by plugginaway22 on Jun 2, 2016 17:26:27 GMT -5
Yes, fatigue. The last of my nieces/nephews is graduating HS this coming week. It is a huge public school with over 500 kids to sit through! But no matter what, DH and I will be there. My siblings all supported my kids as well. In our family, we DO NOt attend other college graduations due to the distance/expense. But since we are all fairly close for HS graduations, we make the effort.
We also (after sitting through the whole ceremony) go back to their house for a small party and this is on a week night for DH and I.
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Post by zibazinski on Jun 2, 2016 17:27:44 GMT -5
In my kids HS the juniors and their parents handle everything for the seniors. It has always been that way and I have to tell you, I had more fun as a junior parent working then I did as a senior parent having it all done for me
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