I attended my step-daughters graduation two years ago. I had not been to a graduation since my own college graduation in 1990, I suppose, but I have to say I was shocked and appalled.
There were kids there who had on flip-flops, tank tops and very short shorts. One boy who looked like he just got off work - he was wearing greasy overalls and work boots. These were not audience members, mind you, they were the graduates themselves.
There were several people in the audience with air horns, blasting them constantly. The audience in general screamed, hooted and yelled so much I would have thought we were at a sporting event.
It was a horrible experience.
"We give dogs the time we can spare, the space we can spare and the love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made" - M. Facklam
"We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers - thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams."- P.S. Beagle
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king." - J.R.R. Tolkien
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