isn't Obama saying not that we shouldn't have the ceremony, but it's no honor if you haven't graduated HS?
Yeah, that's how I read it. Nothing to do with the ceremony itself, but reminding the kids that they shouldn't consider their 8th grade "graduation" an end point.
I didn't have a graduation until I was 17.
Me neither. I went from public school in 8th grade to private Catholic high school and was really confused (and jealous!) by all the girls who'd gone to Catholic school all along talking about their 8th grade graduations and what a big deal they were.
oh yeah, my comments were nothing to do with Obama's speech. Just that I hate K and 5th graduation ceremonies.
8th grade graduation is just about when we'd be leaving prep school for high, and that was a huge transition. Rocking it with the big kids, small all over again.
Read an inane quote in the elevator about Oprah saying that every (every!) mistake she's made has been because she ignored her inner voice. Yup, she has a 100% inner voice that she has the luxury to ignore from time to time.
How smug.
I should possibly get over that.
well maybe her inner voice has 20-20 hindsight, and likes to say I Told You SO.
That's a hell of a photo (and I hope she got inside right away after!)
Wow, Tom. That's an incredible picture. Also? SCARY AS HELL.
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