# My anti-climatic graduation **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 9, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-anti-climatic-graduation/68197 "2001-06-09T19:25:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-anti-climatic-graduation/68197/1 "2001-06-09T19:25:25Z")
I graduated last night. Got the diploma, flipped the tassel, through my hat in the air, hugged my family and friends…and felt absolutely nothing. Well, that’s not true, I felt tired. Everybody around me was crying, I couldn’t even be bothered to talk to them. I just wanted the ceremony to be over so I could get out of there. Finally it ended, and all I could think was, “Is this what I waited 13 years for? Is this what I thought I’d be excited over?” I went to the “All Night Party” thrown by the parents afterward. Biggest waste of $75 and five hours of my life. I wasn’t there to say goodbye to any of my friends, I was there to win one of the prizes. I didn’t win anything. I played black-jack all night. When they took the vouchers away (what we were playing for) I played 5 card draw for nothing. Cuz there was simply nothing else to do. So now I’m home, a graduated woman. And I can’t even get sentimental over high-school. Feh. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-anti-climatic-graduation/68197/2 "2001-06-09T19:26:43Z")
Would you believe I got an A in English every semester for four years? Through=threw ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-anti-climatic-graduation/68197/3 "2001-06-09T21:58:59Z")
Congrats, pep. FWIW, graduation was happy for me because I finally was able to leave that school without knowing I’d have to come back. To date I miss a few girls who were nice to me, scant faculty, my advisor, and a few coaches. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-anti-climatic-graduation/68197/4 "2001-06-09T22:04:00Z")
I felt much the same way too, PLG… it was eerie. Congratulations though, and good luck in college! ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-anti-climatic-graduation/68197/5 "2001-06-10T01:32:34Z")
Same thing here. Graduate today, and didn’t cry…hugs a lot, yea…Maybe I will cry tomorrow at the prom… PD.Cry in front of all the class? It only makes me madder. ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-anti-climatic-graduation/68197/6 "2001-06-10T01:52:49Z")
I didn’t go to graduation, so I don’t know how it would have been. I was just happy high school was over. 😃 Congratulations! Rose ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-anti-climatic-graduation/68197/7 "2001-06-10T10:11:01Z")
**pepperlandgirl** , Congratulations! 🙂 OK, so your graduation was anti-climatic, and the party was disappointing. I’m sorry for that, yet I hope you’ll recognize your graduating as an accomplishment, and not something to be taken for granted. While you may not wax sentimental now, you may do so in the future (with respect to your high school years if not the ceremony itself). You’re about to enter college (which in my mind was the most exciting time of my life). You have an SO that loves you, and a promising future. Take the good part of that, and don’t be too cynical about your lack of emotion. Good luck in everything you do. Oh, to be young again. ---
**Author:** ![Chas.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Chas.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chas.E)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-anti-climatic-graduation/68197/8 "2001-06-10T10:46:04Z")
Count your blessings. Instead of attending my recent College graduation where I was to receive 2 degrees, I was in the hospital having major surgery. My diplomas eventually came in the mail, they were cheap laser-printed documents. Now THAT’s a letdown! ---
**Author:** ![Grok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Grok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grok)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-anti-climatic-graduation/68197/9 "2001-06-10T14:39:44Z")
I have not attended any of my graduations because I was pretty sure it would be as you described. The whole graduation thing never made sense to me. Sort of an articifical “now you’re an adult” thing. That’s a bunch of crap. Only YOU know when you have learned something. Being handed a diploma doesn’t mean you learned anything. I know - I hadnt’ learned much at all when I finished high school. I’m also not much for any kind of ceremony. Hate weddings, won’t go to awards ceremonies, etc. It’s just a bunch of noise that has nothing to do with reality. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-anti-climatic-graduation/68197/10 "2001-06-10T14:59:56Z")
:::snif snif::: I’m getting all misty for you, PLG, if that’s okay. I mean, I remember when you first came here. Now look at you! You’re all growed up now! Going to be married, going off to college… _sob_ Well, congratulations, anyway! I went to my graduation, and it was fun, but I’m not sentimental about it either. Haven’t been to any reunions. I imagine I’ll drag my butt back for my 20th (which is not too far off…damn I’m old), just for kicks. But I’m just as happy without it. (((((PLG)))) Well, you can kick back and relax for a little while, anyway…no wait, you’re planning a wedding, aren’t you? Guess not. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-anti-climatic-graduation/68197/11 "2001-06-10T15:24:03Z")
Very sorry to hear you didn’t climax at your graduation. If you’re 18 or older, I can work with you on that … huh? What? Oh, you mean she meant …? Never mind.