On Walking at Graduation

With graduation vastly approaching in my life, I still have never seen the point in actually walking at graduation. Of course this doesn't fly with my parents and they are going to make me walk, but as a 21 year old about to graduate from college, I still don't see the point.

Obviously, the parents say about graduation the same thing they say about childhood memories, "At some point in your life you will want thing to look back on, you will appreciate the pictures" or the typical "you will thank me later." I'm still waiting on any of those things to prove true. Nevertheless I will be walking at the May 2011 graduation, and I will be walking grudgingly.

Graduation for Arts and Science is at 7:30 pm on that Saturday night. It's most likely the biggest graduating school simply because they don't break up the Arts from the Science. They already predict it won't end until about 10 and quite frankly, my last weekend as a college student I'd rather spend doing something else than sitting in the Hearnes Center for 2 and a half hours to receive a piece of paper (that isn't even official but the official one will be mailed to me) and not to mention, spend an additional 30-40 bucks on cap and gown, etc. just to have the chance to walk. Don't get me started on what I could spend 30-40 dollars on that I'd enjoy a lot more than a cap and gown I'll wear once.