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>Actually, there is one thing my son missed by not >going to high school - the ritual of graduation night. >True, he graduated from both Tunxis and UConn, but >there was no ritual tradition associated with either >graduation. Sure there were family parties and >probably hundreds of other parties, but one tradition >from high school was absent. > >When I graduated from Bristol Central High School in >1961, there were dozens of gangs of us who would >drive around going to different parties and places all >night long celebrating. The tradition is to be with >your friends all night and to celebrate the dawn of >the day after together. We drove up and down Route 6 >in Bristol most of the night and then went to some >park or reservoir and hung out til morning. Believe it >or not, there were no drugs or alcohol, at least with >our group. I can't speak for others. > >This was a ritual that marked a transition. The next >day was the official start of our new lives, and our >class was never again together as a group. The first >person in our class to die died a few weeks after >grauation in a motorcycle accident. Then there was >Vietnam and college. > >I don't know if that tradition persists. I kind of >hope it does. It really did mark the end of one life >and the beginning of another. This is the only thing I >regret that my son and daughter missed by not going to >high school. > > > > > > >>UConn graduation was yesterday. The actual graduation >>was split up into God-knows how many different parts >>at different times and different locations. I went to >>Gambel where Arts and Sciences graduated. >> >>My son graduated in a ceremony that was about one >>tenth as impressive as the Honors Medal ceremony last >>weekend. Probably at age 19 the youngest in the class, >>although, I heard that there was a 12 year old also >>receiving his BA. Anyway, my son had mixed feelings >>about leaving, as I did as well when I graduated from >>Penn in 1965. My daughter is looking to get her >>bachelor's degree at an even younger age. There is a >>lot to be said for skipping high school and finishing >>up college early. >> >>Truly, you don't miss much doing that. My son for >>instance went to the R7 Junior prom on Saturday with a >>girl he has known most of his life, and then graduated >>from UConn on Sunday. I bet that's a first. A Junior >>Prom and college graduation on the same weekend. >> >>By the way, the Junior Prom, according to him, was >>fabulous. I went up to the reservoir to take pictures >>of him and K., and she and all the other girls looked >>quite beautiful in their gowns, and the guys looked >>quite nice too. For most of them it was probably the >>first time they ever wore a tux, and they carried it >>off, generally, with panache. >> >>So I guess you don't have to miss the prom if you >>homeschool. At 19 he was quite age appropriate for the >>Prom. (Actually, he just turned 19 last month.) But >>unlike most of the others at the prom, he doesn't have >>to look forward to another year of high school and >>then college.
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