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Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called Graduation day or Degree day. In the United States and Canada, it is also used to refer to the advancement of a student from a primary or secondary school level. Therefore in the US and Canada, students graduate high school as well as university, this is in contrast with the UK where there is no ceremony associated with high school graduation. Many colleges have different traditions associated with the graduation ceremony, the best known probably being throwing mortarboards in the air. |
Graduation Day In The United States And Canada.
Graduation ceremonies in the United States are often orchestrated procedures involving a march of students onto the stage, the reading of speeches, the giving of diplomas, and an official moment when the students are declared graduated, also called the commencement exercise. A much loved tradition, it is later marked by students attending Graduation parties and exchanging Creative Graduation Gifts .
The Graduation ceremony is conducted when the student graduates high school and later when he graduates University. It is a sort of initiation into the next phase of one’s academic life and is marked with many traditions and solemnity. The major part of the ceremony is taken up by the distribution of degrees to the students who march up the stage as their name and major is announced. The ceremony is also very well attended by parents, friends and well-wishers. Parents look on proudly as their children receive their Degrees. One of the high points of the ceremony is the Valedictory speech, made by the Top graduate of the graduating class. The Valedictorian usually receives a standing ovation.
Graduation Day In The United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, unlike the United States, students do not usually 'graduate' from school below university level. They will normally leave secondary school and sixth form college (if applicable) with specific qualifications, often GCSEs and A-levels respectively (Standard Grades and Higher National Courses in Scotland). However, these are not diplomas and are not necessarily presented in a formal ceremony.
In some of the older Universities the ceremony is almost entirely conducted in Latin, even though more than half the students may not even understand what is being said. However, tradition is tradition and trust UK universities to carry them out to the hilt. The entire Graduation day ceremony is carries out with a solemnity befitting of the medieval knights. Yet there’s something charming about the entire affair that makes students reflect upon their future and set goals about what they expect in the future.
Regardless of the ceremonies and traditions associated with it, Graduation day is an important event in a student’s life because it is the culmination of one phase of academic achievement. The purpose of the Graduation day, besides distributing the degrees, is to congratulate the student on working hard to achieve his purpose and rewarding him for the same.
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