# Modern Family, May 18, 2011 -- "See You next Fall" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-may-18-2011-see-you-next-fall/582469 "2011-05-19T16:59:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-may-18-2011-see-you-next-fall/582469/41 "2011-05-20T15:46:30Z")
> [@nivlac](#): > > I simply didn’t get why Phil and Claire didn’t just call a cab to get to the graduation? And the other people in the family can’t just go out the front door and take a cab? As Claire pointed out, they’re not in Times Square. If you’re in the suburbs, especially in a place like Los Angeles, you have to call for a cab, and it’ll take forever to arrive. > [@TBG](#): > > Around here there are only graduations for kindergarten, high school, and college, so the whole ep just started on a strange note for me with the whole “Alex is valedictorian” thing and I just couldn’t quite get into it. > [@PunditLisa](#): > > I attended a k-8 parochial school and we had a ceremony, but no graduation gowns or valedictorians. It would be very odd for a public school system to do so because they obviously don’t end at grade 8. 8th grade graduations aren’t unheard of in public schools these days. > [@Hades](#): > > “I’m not hungry! I’m not hungry!” while trying to extricate herself from the group hug was the only laugh out loud moment to me. Umm … I found that scene kind of hot. > [@pancakes3](#): > > am i the only one who automatically assumed the kids are going to private school? after all, they’re upper middle class in the SoCal PLUS they’re going to the same school that grandpa moneybags is sending his stepson. I don’t think it’s all that uncommon for well-off people to send their kids to public school when they live in rich suburbs and most of their classmates come from similar affluence. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-may-18-2011-see-you-next-fall/582469/42 "2011-05-20T20:06:51Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > 8th grade graduations aren’t unheard of in public schools these days. Complete with caps and gowns and valedictorian speeches? Come on. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-may-18-2011-see-you-next-fall/582469/43 "2011-05-20T20:11:52Z")
It’s a growing trend. Personally, I see no need for graduation prior to 12th grade. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-may-18-2011-see-you-next-fall/582469/44 "2011-05-20T20:33:17Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > …8th grade graduations aren’t unheard of in public schools these days…I don’t think it’s all that uncommon for well-off people to send their kids to public school when they live in rich suburbs and most of their classmates come from similar affluence. My father had a graduation from his public grammar school in the early 1960s. No caps or gowns though. I didn’t have my first graduation ceremony of any kind until 12th grade. Regarding the public/private school thing; didn’t Claire take it for granted that Cam & Mitchell would be sending Lily to a private pre-schoo? IIRC it was a choice between an “ordinary” private school (that Claire sent her kids too) and a super-expensive high class private school. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-may-18-2011-see-you-next-fall/582469/45 "2011-05-20T20:50:21Z")
Just for reference, I grew up in an upper middle class family in Los Angeles and went to public school. Also Emerson Jr. High School in West LA had a graduation ceremony in 1982 for its 9th graders, and probably did before that too, so it’s not like it’s a new trend. I can’t remember us having a valedictorian though. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-may-18-2011-see-you-next-fall/582469/46 "2011-05-21T00:21:16Z")
I didn’t say they were wrong having a graduation, just that it seems weird and foreign to me. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-may-18-2011-see-you-next-fall/582469/47 "2011-05-21T00:37:18Z")
I loved it. Lots of funny bits, most of them mentioned, and I thought the interaction between the sisters was truly touching. I think the second season of this show compares favorably to the first season. One of the funniest shows on TV. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-may-18-2011-see-you-next-fall/582469.md?page=2)