Did you go to your graduation ceremony?

xSleepy

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i was just wondering if anyone here ever ended up going to their graduation ceremony thing. either for high school or college.

i didnt go to mine. for 2 reasons. one, i didnt want all those people looking at me as a walked across the stage. and two, i just didnt care about it. i didnt think it was that important, just as long as i got my diploma. and if i didnt have SP i still wouldnt of walked up on that stage. and i dont regret it one bit.
 

AsHLeY

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I 100% know where you're coming from. I never went to my graduation ceremony either and I truly don't regret it. That's something I'll look back on & not feel any disappointment about. I still got my diploma but without the stresses of going up infront of all those people, in which I couldn't stand 3/4's of anyhow and shaking hands with some lame teacher that probably couldn't even tell ya my name. All those eyes staring at ya ~ what's the point? Even if I didn't have social anxiety, I still wouldn't have went. Highschool sucked, plain & simple ~ I didn't even realize how much it sucked until I was free from there!
 

Emma

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I only went because I got told I wouldn't get my diploma if I missed it, and then that was awful because all the bitches laughed at me when I had to walk across the stage
 

4seasons

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I didn't go to mine or anything else at the end of the year, when i was done my final exams i was done with that place or the rest of my life and i haven't looked back since. I guess i don't regret it.
 

PhantomPod

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I went to my high school one. I'm graduating college this year, and I wasn't planning on going, but when I mentioned it before my mom was like, "uhhh, what?! Yes you are." So I guess I'll just walk now, so my family can see me get my diploma.
 

IceLad

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I went to my university one.

I had really bad anticipatory anxiety weeks beforehand, and I guess I only went so not to upset my family.

As it turned out, it was one of the best/ proudest days of my life. I did have plenty of anxiety, but it wasn't as bad as I imagined. Looking back, I'm really glad that I did go, otherwise it would of been one of my life's big regrets (and I had already got plenty of them at that moment in time!).
 

Predacon

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I was lucky schools in my country don't have graduation ceremonies. But I can see where they would be particularly nerve wracking.
 
Eeyup! I went to both my secondary school (high school) one and my polytechnic one. They were great! I did get clammy when it was nearly my turn but hey, who wouldn't? You're going up on stage with a thousand pairs of eyes staring at you! What if you tripped and fell or if you forgot to zip your pants? Hehe. I figured that it'll only take a few seconds to walk across that stage but hey, the pictures taken there will last a lifetime! It's definitely something that you wouldn't want to miss. I'll be graduating from university in about 1.5 years and that's something I'm totally looking forward to. Hurrah!
 

Moonie

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I went to my HS one- they made it seem so mandatory. There was only one kid - in my grade (that I know of)- that did not attend the ceremony.

But, I did not go to my college one. There were just so many graduates (and I heard it TOOK forever and was so boring) that I did not attend. I hardly knew anyone in my college class so it's not like I cared all too much. My mom was sort of disappointed at first, but I think she got over it. Actually, she stopped caring when I almost died of alcohol poisoning. I told her that night, "I don't want to go to graduation" And she said "That's okay."

It's not so much a SA thing, either. It just never interested me as well. I was NEVER big on ceremonies or celebrations (proms, graduation, birthday parties, etc.) I don't even see me as the person who would want a traditional marriage.
 

scissorhands

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I went to my highschool one and hated. it was such a stupid waste of time. it meant something to my parents so that's why I went. but my university one is coming up now and I'm not going to bother. I didn't know a single person there the whole 3 years I went so it seems pointless, and the whole thing was a living nightmare for me so Inever want to go back there.
 

Centrino

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SleepingBeauty said:
i was just wondering if anyone here ever ended up going to their graduation ceremony thing.

No way! I take great pride in not going to those kinds of things. :evil: :twisted:
 

livingnsilence

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I went to my high school one even though I feel the whole ceremony is over rated. I went becuse my parents would have made me do it no matter what and at my high school you were pretty much just a number anyways and they had so many people to have graduate that they pretty much had 3 students on the stage at a time: one shaking hands w/ the staff, one getting their diploma and one taking a picture with the principal. All that helped reduce the anxiety untill I got there and found out somehow I was supposed to be the first one to walk across the stage dispite the fact my last name didn't start with an A. Then not only did i have to worry about tripping or walking weird I had to worry about walking to the wrong spots or not stoping at the right places. I do plan to go to my college one when I recieve my pharmD b/c I've heard (depending on where you end up working) you are handed a set of keys to a brand new car as you walk off the stage :D
 
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