I am sitting here thinking about the graduation gear that is used now for formal graduations, and it really has not changed a lot since my school days, which were oh…. Many years ago! The gowns and hats are the same as they have been for as long as I can remember. Originally, the gowns were used to keep the students warm during the outdoor graduations that happened starting in the late 1800s.

Times have changed, clothing has changed, and so has the way things are taught in school now with all the new technology. Learning is now changing on the daily it seems with computers changing faster than we can learn to use them. What have changed very little is the awards given in school for various activities. Sure, they have improved in quality as things get better and improve with technology but the ideas remain the same as years ago- awards for excellence in your area whether it is sports related or intellectual.

What has not changed much is the graduation ceremonies they have stayed pretty much the same, there are just more students now that are graduating from high school and later on, college. Graduations have expanded though and now encompass even the pre school kids cap and gowns. They are cute all dressed up getting their little diplomas.

This a sight that will be repeated many times in the course of your child’s life and he or she moves from one phase of maturity to another, and finally that last graduation from college is upon you and you will wonder where the time went! You can be the proud parents of that college graduate as he walks down the aisle to the tune of “Pomp and Circumstance” in their college graduation gowns as they begin a whole new life outside of schooling.

Then the party and your graduate are hopefully ready to take on the world and land a job in the field they studied for in college. Then they are ready to make their own way in the world and have a life away from home in their own home. You have been preparing for this through the college years while they are away from school but it still is not easy watching your child make their own way in the world.

Now it is time for you to take that long- awaited vacation you have earned it!

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