# Is there anything more grueling to sit through than a high school graduation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 23, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-more-grueling-to-sit-through-than-a-high-school-graduation/814645 "2018-05-23T01:01:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-more-grueling-to-sit-through-than-a-high-school-graduation/814645/101 "2018-06-03T18:57:57Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > I’m headed to preschool graduation tomorrow. I didn’t realize this was a thing until a few years’ back when my nephew had a ‘kindergarten graduation.’ I don’t recall if Barney was the guest speaker or not. . . > [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > You beat me to it. Change of command ceremonies are savagely long, people fall out of formation regularly. Standing at attention or parade rest for over an hour so self-important people can blather on is the pits. “Blah blah blah blah, you are _special_, blah blah blah defend the nation blah blah blah America blah blah blah. . .” were how they all went. I think. I tended to drift off to wonder how the Devils were doing in the playoffs. I _did_ perfect the “forklift” move though–invariably the person in front of me would start to wobble (leading up to fainting), so _wooop_, I hooked my arms underneath theirs and dragged them back through to the rear of the crowd. I kept someone from falling out, and I got to check the playoff scores. > [@silenus](#): > > June 6th will be my 32nd high school graduation ceremony. Quit your whining. Geez brother, how many times did you have to take Geometry until you passed? :rimshot: 😃 Tripler ‘Find ‘x’.’ There it is ----\> “X” ---
**Author:** ![Toledo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@Toledo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toledo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-more-grueling-to-sit-through-than-a-high-school-graduation/814645/102 "2018-06-05T01:34:58Z")
I have 4 neices who all went to the same HS. They were spaced 2 yrs apart, so the graduation was every other year. The school decided that in order to placate the poor folks whose names started with Y and Z, that in alternate years they would call up the grads in reverse alphabetical order. Their last name started with “A”. So all four of them were called just about last every time. Sheesh. I didn’t go to any of my three college graduations. They just mail the diploma out anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-more-grueling-to-sit-through-than-a-high-school-graduation/814645/103 "2018-06-05T11:56:06Z")
> [@Toledo\_Jim](#): > > I didn’t go to any of my three college graduations. They just mail the diploma out anyway. I didn’t go to my second one. I was tired, was already in another ‘trade school’, wanted to sleep in that weekend, and knowing they mailed out diplomas anyway, just didn’t see the point. I won’t “walk” for any other of my schools where I have the choice. Tripler Nor will I let family/friends suffer through that on my account. ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-more-grueling-to-sit-through-than-a-high-school-graduation/814645/104 "2018-06-05T20:05:11Z")
> [@Nayna](#): > > I was thinking the cousin, also in the car, was the 14-year-old. If Kenney started (and would have graduated) a year early, and was still underage, I assume he would have been 20? That was my (very belated) interpretation, as well. I think when I heard it at the event I heard ‘inflated’ and was confused.\* Therefore the scandal for me was that Kenney had given alcohol to a kid who was way too young to drink and he wasn’t even supposed to be getting alcohol for himself. My sister told me the family was pretty famous in the town for having some of the best beer in the country so Kenney probably had access to a supply in the basement or garage and he was known for giving it away to “make friends.” Then when I asked how a person could be inflated while driving, she just walked away laughing her head off. It probably took me a couple more years to hear and comprehend the correct term. –G! \*I was young and really ignorant about slang terms, too. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-more-grueling-to-sit-through-than-a-high-school-graduation/814645/105 "2018-06-05T21:53:40Z")
Do you know what happened to the other kids in the car? And was the 14-year-old the one who was allegedly giving Kenney the BJ? (The silent-movie director F.W. Murnau is reported to have died under similar circumstances.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-more-grueling-to-sit-through-than-a-high-school-graduation/814645.md?page=5)