Did you go to your high school graduation? I really dont want to go to mine this June. I am going to a vocational school and I am going to go to that graduation but my homeschool graduation is the one I dont want to go to. That school really is messed up its a very poor school with poor teachers and they dont know what there doing, they have always messed up peoples grades and made it so some people didnt even graduate. So do you think it would be ok not to go to my schools graduation? Thanks for the advise

 

Don't burn any bridges. Its 2 hours of your life that will have you leaving on good terms with the school and parents love to see their kids graduate. What would you do if you missed graduation? Watch TV, play video games? Go, smile, be polite to every teacher and principal. You never know when you will run across them again.

 

Funny you should post that question- we're dealing with that very issue at home. Just to make things more interesting, my wife's a teacher at the HS in question. As a parent, I know what I think- but I'd be really curious to hear what the younger guys have to say.

 

I had a friend that wasn't going to goto his. I don't know if he decided to go or not. I figure, if you don't like the school, goto it so you can give the school it's final farewell.After that, you never have to go back in there again if you don't want to. It's the last time you see many people in your class. I haven't seen a lot of kids since my graduation 2 years ago. Like BigExpy said, hey, it's a couple hours, it won't hurt.

 

See i have two different graduations my vocational school one and my homeschool one. I am defently going to my vocational one which was just rated the top vocational school in the state of Ohio. So Im not missing much most of my friends also went to vocational I really have no one I talk to back at hte other school.

 

Never went to mine, I was scheduled to work the night shift that afternoon. The school had hosed me over on a few issues already and I just didn't feel like paying for the gown rental to be handed a "Certificate of Attendance" (diplomas where mailed out a couple weeks later).

Didn't burn any bridges because I didn't make a "You guys will cry when I don't show up" speech either. I had my honor role on record, my GPA and the SAT score, the school didn't have anything to offer as an incentive to attend.

 

I went to mine. It is pretty cool when you walk across the stage and it puts a "THE END" to high school. Go man, go.

 

FWIW: I didn't go to my graduation (I hadn't known I was going to graduate until too late to get robe, ring etc.) My parents had a cookout/party and my girlfriend came over (who is now my wife of 31 years and counting) and that was enough for me. Family & friends are all that matter. So, my suggestion is: celebrate your graduation in a way that YOU will want to remember. What counts later is your diploma and your memories.

Oh, BTW, congratulations!

 

Unless they are at the same time, I wouldn't burn any bridges. The one you burn might be the one you need to cross over next month.

 

I really didn't want to go to mine, but I got tired of dealing with all the bother of listening to everyone whine about it. So I went. What a waste. A bunch of people I didn't like pretending to care about one another and about how they'll be "friends forever." Ya right. They made it out to be such a huge deal. Not like there weren't a couple million other kids graduating that month in the United States. Cangragulations, you've done what almost everybody else can do, Yippee. I got all kinds of flak because I didn't go on the senior trip, go to any open houses, or have a graduation open house of my own. I tried hard to explain to these people that I hated them, but they didn't seem to get the point. Anyways, what I'm saying is do what YOU want to do, don't let anyone convince you it's a major event if you don't feel that way. From what you've said, it sounds like you could give less of a darn about the one school, so I would say screw it and save my time and money.

 

I did not go to my H.S. Graduation, NO regrets at all.. I did not go to my BA Degree Grad, no regrets..I did not go to my Masters Grad, no regrets.. Now, I have been a HS teacher for 17 years, I have never gone to a graduation at work, no regrets..

 

Go to your graduation. Don't bother with grad night though, especially if you go to Disneyland. It was horrible. I would have had more fun passed out drunk. Would have been exposed to less pot smoke too. Graduation was pretty cool though. At the end while we were waiting for the busses to show up all the teachers that could play an instrument got on stage and started taking requests. Never knew my english teacher could sing "House of the Rising Sun" so well...

 

I got lucky at my grad night @ disneyland.....
(sssh!)

 

id say just tough it out and go. this coming from someone whos been a rebel and hated every minute of school and didnt get along with too many people. i went to mine last year. i didnt want to but i did. i had just bought my last demo car like a week before graduation and i was just dying to get outta there and go home to work on it. ive only seen a couple of people i went to school with since graduation day. not that i care cuz theres only 2 people who i still talk to almsot everyday that i went to school with that i consider friends. all my other group of friends that i actually connect with are from one my schools rival schools. but yeah id say just go to it.

 

You'll never know what you miss if you don't go...And nobody can say if that is important but you. As for my experiences...
My HS graduation...not great, but not awful. Wouldn't have missed much if I didn't go. My college graudation. I didn't want to go, but my aunt flew over from England to be there, so my hands were tied. It was terrible. Sitting in a black robe in the middle of a baseball field in 95 degree heat to listen to some bone head talk about my future. Graduation from PSU for my masters degree was another story. Even though I didn't really know anyone very well, it was really special to me for a few reasons. The first reason was that it was hard. Working full time, taking care of a house, and preparing for my son to be born didn't leave much time for school, but I managed to finish with a 3.6 GPA. Also, that degree and my son being born were the last two big things in my life that my (step) dad was alive to see. My mom married him when I was finishing high school, and it took a while for me to warm up to him, but looking back, he is the reason that I am who I am. I'm not trying to take this thread off subject, but my point is that if the home school wronged you or if all of your friends are in the tech school doesn't matter. The fact that you finished is an accomplishment, and one that you should celebrate with the people that have helped you achieve it. If that includes going to commencement, fine. If it doesn't, that's fine too. Just make sure that you acknowledge the people that have helped along the way.

Good luck.

Matt