Fred_Quimby
Well-Known Member
I am just an old git but...it wasn’t long ago when we followed the yanks and had graduation ceremonies after Uni and prom balls. I can understand that as it is a huge turning point in people’s lives from full time education into the outside world of work. Then it started after sixth form and again the same argument but most are/were going onto Uni so big grey area. Then it was after Y11 and most people now have to go onto some sort of education afterwards even if the go into work. Now it has gone down to Primary school and this is now getting ridiculous. Going from Primary to Secondary education requires a ‘graduation’ and ‘prom’. If that doesn’t take the biscuit my (just) 4 year old grandson has just ‘graduated’ from pre-school complete with cap and certificate AND a prom tonight. Absolutely ridiculous. Can we no longer have children just being children? None of the kids today had really any clue what it was all about. Struck me as being just something for the parents, making the kids jump through hoops.
Could be worse I suppose. My daughter lives in NZ and after children are born they are invited to get together for support and guidance for the first year of babies life, a great idea, but; yes you’ve guessed it, they have a graduation at the grand old age of 1year old.
I feel that we do not allow kids to grow up in their own time and most of this is pandering to parents to show how ‘grown up’ Johnie or Jemima are.
Could be worse I suppose. My daughter lives in NZ and after children are born they are invited to get together for support and guidance for the first year of babies life, a great idea, but; yes you’ve guessed it, they have a graduation at the grand old age of 1year old.
I feel that we do not allow kids to grow up in their own time and most of this is pandering to parents to show how ‘grown up’ Johnie or Jemima are.