Graduation

[loneraven]

Graduation. A day later, I have surprisingly little to say about it, beyond: it was fun and it was, in its way, meaningful. And not in the very earnest way it was supposed to be, either - I mean, the Vice-Chancellor spoke VERY LOUDLY about traditions and values and this university is of eight hundred years' foundation, but, well, there's meaning,

Comments

[greek_jester]

Well done :-)

Do you actually collect your official piece of paper at the ceremony, or are you like the Yanks & get a blank scroll, with the real piece of paper turning up in the post later? I'm hoping for the former, under the circumstances...

Nice pictures, BTW. I do like the black & white, it does bring a sense of occasion to them.

[loneraven]

Thank you! We don't get either, actually; we just bow and go out. The dean of degrees came round with the certificates over lunch, without any ceremony at all - I think possibly everyone had had enough ceremony for the day.

[greek_jester]

Much more sensible. Less likely to give the wrong piece of paper to the wrong person in the rush to get all the ceremonies over, & no having to trust things to Royal Mail (who I'm sure are excellent in many places, but were a blot on the landscape where I used to live).

[mirabile_dictu]

Congratulations! Thank you for writing this up; I loved reading it.

[gamesiplay]

You are wonderful. And it has been wonderful watching you get to this point.

[yiskah]

Congratulations!

[pinkdormouse]

Congratulations, you.