# When's the last time you saw your High School diploma and do you know where it is? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 26, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968 "2006-10-26T12:59:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968/21 "2006-10-26T15:18:42Z")
I graduated from high school in 1976 and my diploma is in a red binder-thing on a dresser next to my computer. I haven’t looked at the actual diploma in years but I see the binder-thing almost every day. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968/22 "2006-10-26T15:19:11Z")
I probably haven’t seen it since graduation day, 1990. I don’t know where \*any \*of my college diplomas are either. My mom had one framed once, but I don’t like a diploma as wall dressing. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968/23 "2006-10-26T15:22:16Z")
I graduated from high school in '89, and last saw my diploma 2 months ago when I moved. I keep it on a shelf with my yearbooks and stuff, because it’s small and has a nice leather cover. I know exactly where my college diploma is, too: in a frame at my office, sitting atop a bookshelf. I’m looking at it right now. I’m changing jobs in a few weeks, though, and doubt there will be room for it at the new place (going from office to cubicle), so then it will hang in my computer room at home. It’s much bigger than my HS diploma. When I finish my master’s degree I’ll have to see what that diploma looks like – if it’s similar to either of the previous ones, maybe I’ll make a nice little triptych on a wall somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968/24 "2006-10-26T15:24:28Z")
I THINK it’s in the third bedroom in a milk crate with other “important papers”. I really need to go up there and get things organized - I’ve got papers EVERYWHERE. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968/25 "2006-10-26T15:27:46Z")
Shoot. Class of 84. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968/26 "2006-10-26T15:33:33Z")
Mine is _probably_ in a cedar chest in my bedroom, which turned into a storage space for old stuff. It has my graduation gown, Girl Scout stuff, all my old letters, all the stuff I brought back from Denmark and Germany (like shot glasses and little flags)–all that kind of thing. But I’m not 100% sure, just pretty certain. I barely bothered to look at it when I got it, so it’s probably at the bottom of the chest, ignored for the past 15 years. I was 1991. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968/27 "2006-10-26T15:35:31Z")
Oh, sorry, my college diplomas are hanging on a small section of wall in our study (well, it has the computer and the biggest bookshelves–we call it room 4)–they’re pretty inconspicuous there. My husband’s is there too. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968/28 "2006-10-26T15:41:01Z")
It got thrown out/destroyed along with about 90% of my belongings in 1994 or 95. Which would also have been the alst time I saw it. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968/29 "2006-10-26T15:53:11Z")
I know where my college diploma (class of '77) is, but not my high school diploma (class of '66. Yes, there’s a story there.). ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968/30 "2006-10-26T16:33:40Z")
I saw it two weeks ago when my wife and I went through our papers and shredded some and put the rest in a filing cabinet. Prior to this we had a few banker’s boxes of documents and such. It is with my other diplomas in its original leather-like folder on a shelf in the bookcase next to a coffee table book on Skopje. My college diploma is in a tube along with a bunch of other diplomas and certificates. My wife has the same situation with her diplomas. My wife and I really do need to get them framed at some point. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968/31 "2006-10-26T16:43:51Z")
Class of '84, and I think it’s in a cardboard box labeled “sentimental crap” in my junk room. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968/32 "2006-10-26T16:58:31Z")
High school? In the safe-deposit box. Same with the undergrad diploma. I had the graduate things framed, if only because they are neato-looking. (The War College has cannon balls and muskets and stuff, very impressive.) ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968/33 "2006-10-26T17:06:22Z")
Class of '93. I think my mom has it on the wall in her house in Maryland. I sometimes wish I had it on the wall in my bedroom, for when I have those dreams where I’m back in high school, and wake up wondering if the dream or my real life is real. Ugh- I hate those. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968/34 "2006-10-26T17:16:30Z")
I didn’t get mine. I opened the little folder and inside was a littel note saying “[tremorviolet] owes $2.85”. But I didn’t owe it as I’d never checked the book out. You hear that, Mrs. Kanipe? I had _my own freaking copy_, why would I need to check out a paperback? I went round and round on it with the teacher (who really disliked me 'cause punk rock was in it’s infancy and I disconcerted her) and the school refused to budge. Bah. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968/35 "2006-10-26T17:17:29Z")
Now that I think about it I don’t know where my university diploma is, either. It’s likely buried somewhere in my parents’ basement. Which is a shame, because it’s in Latin and looks really cool. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968/36 "2006-10-26T17:21:33Z")
[QUOTE=Clothahump] I know where my college diploma (class of '77) is, but not my high school diploma (class of '66. Yes, there’s a story there.). [/QUOTE] HA! High school - '73, College - '86! My story involves drugs and capitalism, how about yours? College degree and subsequent certifications are all in the safe deposit box along with my teaching credentials. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968/37 "2006-10-26T17:41:56Z")
Wow, I assume it’s back at my Mom’s house in San Diego, but I don’t imagine I’ve seen it since the day I got it–putting everything about high school behind me was the highest priority back then. I’ll be back down visiting her (and going through a bunch of that old stuff) in a few weeks, so I may run into it. If I do? Into the trash it goes. I have my university diploma in my closet in my house; why should I care about the HS one? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968/38 "2006-10-26T18:10:22Z")
I haven’t really looked at it in ages, but it’s currently on a bookcase in my home office. As is my college diploma and Masters. I graduated HS in '70, college in '74, masters '88. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968/39 "2006-10-26T18:42:04Z")
I used to keep mine in a drawer in my dresser in my master bedroom, but it was lost in the **Great Clean Up of 2005**. You see, I became very sick in 2005. Not a tidy man to begin with, I was so sick that I let everything go except trying to stay alive. Then it got bad enough to hospitalize me. My friends did not want me to come home to the house in the shape it was in. They came and threw out truckloads of stuff and cleaned the house top to bottom, putting stuff in drawers as they did so. The diploma hasn’t been seen since. Class of 79. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968/40 "2006-10-26T19:10:27Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] It’s on the wall in my den, forming a square with my other diplomas. It looked better that way. My high school diploma and my Doctorate are both the same size, and both use that German Black Letter -style script that everyone else seems to tyhink hokey. My other two diplomas use different type faces entirely. That Gothic-looking print is as hopelessly cliche as playing [iPomp and Circumstance\*, is what they’re saying. Heck, my MIT diploma came _folded in half_. If that doesn’t show contempt for the practice of adoring sheepskins, I don’t know what does. [/QUOTE] My high school diploma, which I cannot locate, is printed entirely in German Black Letter. I agree it is a bit much. My two degrees from different UC campuses have the phrase “University of California” in shaded black letter, but everything else is in a dignified Roman script, IIRC all caps. Those of us who’ve gone to UC definitely think of the different campuses as different schools, so it’s rather interesting how the campus you went to is de-emphasized on the diploma. The only clue is at the bottom where it says, “Given at \, this \_th day of June, 19xx.” I do know where the UC diplomas are. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-saw-your-high-school-diploma-and-do-you-know-where-it-is/377968.md?page=3)