I’m sorry… but what is going on with graduations??
This time of year drives me bonkers. I have overheard SO MANY conversations lately…
‘I’m on my way to my kid’s graduation’. YOUR KID WHO IS IN PRESCHOOL!! Seriously how hard can it be to pass preschool?? You color, you play in the sand and you occasionally cook cookies.
Then I heard ON THE NEWS:
‘My son is graduating Kindergarten today’ PLEASE… Kindergarten is the best YEAR EVER!!! You play with clay, you get to go to recess and then color and maybe plant a pumpkin in the school’s garden. THERE IS NOTHING TO GRADUATE!
Any
why are parents handing their kindergarten ‘graduates’ flowers??
And the parties… Oy!
Don’t even get me started on the parties; the parties are ALL for the parents so they can sit around and nibble on snacks while they ‘kiss up’ to the teacher and talk to the other parents about their summer plans and how wonderfully amazing their children are.
Makes me want to throw up.
Today I attended my son’s ‘graduation’ from middle school. Call me a bad mom, but I think all of this graduating stuff is OVER BOARD! It takes away from the more important accomplishments in life. Of course I attended his ‘graduation’ and snapped a few pictures of him up on stage, but inside I was thinking,
‘this is ridiculous’.What do I and my kids have to look forward to?
We have been to 4 kindergarten graduations
2 middle school graduations and
3 elementary graduations
I’m tired of them, and they just keep on getting more and more out of control.
I’m afraid if these things don’t calm down a bit I’m going to be too burned out to attend my daughter’s high school graduation next year. I think I am going to boycott any graduation from now on, unless it’s from high school or college. Yep, that’s what I’m going to do… burn more bridges in my neighborhood--because I'm wild like that.
Besides, what ever happened to good old fashioned ice cream and pizza parties and then calling it a day…or maybe a year?