F...Graduations

saden1 · 06-13-2010, 03:07 AM

Spent 5 hours at UW graduation ceremony today. Do they really have to have a) 10 gazillion speakers and b) 5000 students from all the schools graduating together? It was a nightmare.

tryfuhl · 06-13-2010, 04:39 AM

shit's seriously dumb

nobody wants to sit the whole thing hearing every name announced

SmootSmack · 06-13-2010, 08:26 AM

They don't split up by school? That seems a bit counterproductive

GMScud · 06-13-2010, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

They don't split up by school? That seems a bit counterproductive

Seriously. I know at UF and every other graduation I've attended, it's always broken up by schools.

saden1 · 06-13-2010, 01:53 PM

They want brand name speakers...not everyone sxhool can get one I guess. They all walked but only 200 Ph.D. grads got their name called.

DynamiteRave · 06-13-2010, 05:15 PM

My school was small so.. With the speakers, the commencement speaker, the name calling, everything wrapped up in about 2 1/2 hours.

Sometimes being in a class with about 300 graduating students is pretty awesome.

Dirtbag59 · 06-13-2010, 06:17 PM

I remember for my high school I was in the schools first graduating class. Seeing as seniors had the choice to switch schools we only ended up with a 125 seniors. However after seeing the hassle my two brothers went through graduating with classes of 500 and 700 seniors I realized that I wanted no part of my college graduation.

I mean 9 am in the Georgia heat while people you don't know give speeches. It's not like high school where at least you would know of virtually everyone in your class. With college the only people you know are the people who sat near you in class, your friends, friends of friends, and athletes.

TheMalcolmConnection · 06-13-2010, 06:37 PM

What sucks the most about graduation is the fact that it's typically in freaking three-thousand degree heat and you're just expected to sit there in classy gear which makes you sweat even more.

firstdown · 06-13-2010, 08:12 PM

My neice just graduated from HS and it was a joy to go and see her get her paper. That and it only lasted about an hour and 15min then off to have a good dinner and a few too many drinks paid for by my sister and her husband.

GMScud · 06-13-2010, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

What sucks the most about graduation is the fact that it's typically in freaking three-thousand degree heat and you're just expected to sit there in classy gear which makes you sweat even more.

Yeah thank god the graduations at UF were all held indoors. June heat in Gainesville is brutal.

DynamiteRave · 06-13-2010, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

What sucks the most about graduation is the fact that it's typically in freaking three-thousand degree heat and you're just expected to sit there in classy gear which makes you sweat even more.

They told us if it rained... To bring umbrellas. Ya think they would've had a back up plan for some auditorium somewhere if something happened.. But nope. Our asses would've had to sit in the rain.

FRPLG · 06-13-2010, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by saden1

Spent 5 hours at UW graduation ceremony today. Do they really have to have a) 10 gazillion speakers and b) 5000 students from all the schools graduating together? It was a nightmare.

That is straight up idiotic. Whoever thought that was even remotely a good idea should be shot.

FRPLG · 06-13-2010, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by saden1

They want brand name speakers...not everyone sxhool can get one I guess. They all walked but only 200 Ph.D. grads got their name called.

That's some even stupider shit. "Hey graduates....we know you paid us 100k and agonized for four years but we don't care enough about you to actually call your name. All those others Universities that do are doing it wrong." I can't believe the students stand for that.

tryfuhl · 06-14-2010, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by FRPLG

That's some even stupider shit. "Hey graduates....we know you paid us 100k and agonized for four years but we don't care enough about you to actually call your name. All those others Universities that do are doing it wrong." I can't believe the students stand for that.

lol.

SmootSmack · 06-14-2010, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by saden1

Spent 5 hours at UW graduation ceremony today. Do they really have to have a) 10 gazillion speakers and b) 5000 students from all the schools graduating together? It was a nightmare.

So who graduated by the way?

06-13-2010, 03:07 AM	#1
saden1 MVP Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Seattle Age: 45 Posts: 10,069	F...Graduations Spent 5 hours at UW graduation ceremony today. Do they really have to have a) 10 gazillion speakers and b) 5000 students from all the schools graduating together? It was a nightmare. __________________ "The Redskins have always suffered from chronic organizational deformities under Snyder." -Jenkins

06-13-2010, 04:39 AM	#2
tryfuhl Gamebreaker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Waldorf, MD Age: 41 Posts: 12,514	Re: F...Graduations shit's seriously dumb nobody wants to sit the whole thing hearing every name announced

06-13-2010, 08:26 AM	#3
SmootSmack Uncle Phil Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 45,256	Re: F...Graduations They don't split up by school? That seems a bit counterproductive __________________ You're So Vain...You Probably Think This Sig Is About You

06-13-2010, 01:53 PM	#5
saden1 MVP Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Seattle Age: 45 Posts: 10,069	Re: F...Graduations They want brand name speakers...not everyone sxhool can get one I guess. They all walked but only 200 Ph.D. grads got their name called. __________________ "The Redskins have always suffered from chronic organizational deformities under Snyder." -Jenkins

06-13-2010, 05:15 PM	#6
DynamiteRave Living Legend Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Washington DC Age: 38 Posts: 16,867	Re: F...Graduations My school was small so.. With the speakers, the commencement speaker, the name calling, everything wrapped up in about 2 1/2 hours. Sometimes being in a class with about 300 graduating students is pretty awesome. __________________ Establishment, establishment, you always know what's best. I've been a part of this message board for 17 years. Damn I'm old.

06-13-2010, 06:17 PM	#7
Dirtbag59 Naega jeil jal naga Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Atlanta, Georgia From: Silver Spring, Maryland Age: 39 Posts: 14,750	Re: F...Graduations I remember for my high school I was in the schools first graduating class. Seeing as seniors had the choice to switch schools we only ended up with a 125 seniors. However after seeing the hassle my two brothers went through graduating with classes of 500 and 700 seniors I realized that I wanted no part of my college graduation. I mean 9 am in the Georgia heat while people you don't know give speeches. It's not like high school where at least you would know of virtually everyone in your class. With college the only people you know are the people who sat near you in class, your friends, friends of friends, and athletes. __________________ "It's nice to be important, but its more important to be nice." - Scooter "I feel like Dirtbag has been slowly and methodically trolling the board for a month or so now." - FRPLG

06-13-2010, 06:37 PM	#8
TheMalcolmConnection I like big (_\|_)s. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lexington, Virginia Age: 43 Posts: 19,225	Re: F...Graduations What sucks the most about graduation is the fact that it's typically in freaking three-thousand degree heat and you're just expected to sit there in classy gear which makes you sweat even more. __________________ Regret nothing. At one time it was exactly what you wanted.

06-13-2010, 08:12 PM	#9
firstdown Living Legend Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: chesapeake, va Age: 60 Posts: 15,817	Re: F...Graduations My neice just graduated from HS and it was a joy to go and see her get her paper. That and it only lasted about an hour and 15min then off to have a good dinner and a few too many drinks paid for by my sister and her husband.

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