anyone did NOT attend their graduation?

If you have parents that have an interest in attending then it is selfish not too attend.

I did not go. It has been just 2 years, but I can honestly say that I made a good decision.

I went to work that night instead and made 30 or 40 bucks.

I hated high school as well.

I didn't go to my high school graduation (couldn't afford the travel costs), nor University (my boss wouldn't give me the day off). Don't regret it, never really think about it either. I guess I didn't really care that much (eventhough I actually enjoyed high school).

If you didn't attend graduation you didn't actually graduate. You'd better let your boss know you falsified your resume.

my parents and I did not get along.

especially my mom

so fook them

hated high school wrote:

It's been than 30 yrs and I still do not regret going to my graduation.

Not to get too technical here but neither your Thread Subject or post actually make much sense. And don't say I am being a grammar nazi because this stuff just does not make sense.

"Anyone did Not attend their graduation?" sounds like a statement about anyone. For what I think you are trying to write, "Did anyone not attend his/her graduation?" would make more sense.

Secondly, when you say "It's been than 30 yrs and I still do not regret going to my graduation," it technically reads as "You did go to your graduation, and you do not regret that you did." I'm not sure from your subject line or your statement what you are trying to say, but I am guessing it would have been more accurate to say, "It's been more than 30yrs, and I still do not regret MISSING my graduation."

All that said, maybe the reason you don't miss going to graduation is because you weren't allowed to go in the first place? Are we getting closer to the truth now?

I missed my graduation to attend my state Track meet.

Regret, hell no.

no, i was one of the top in the class.

but thanks for the grammar lesson there big guy

hated high school wrote:

It's been than 30 yrs and I still do not regret going to my graduation.

Obviously...haha, because you aren't thinking about 30 years later...

wait, what?

I skipped my college graduation, which has never bothered me. I went to a huge school, so I went to a bunch of other colleges graduations within the university, I just saved money on a cap and gown.

Delicious Bean Soup wrote:

wait, what?

I'm guessing he didn't attend because he failed English.

I graduated early, after the 1st quarter of my senior year. I got the gown and fancy diploma case because you ordered it in the fall before you graduated. Never went because it seemed weird to show up and "graduate" when you hadn't been to school for anything but to see friends for 6 months.

I never really regretted it since it was the last graduation ever from that school (closed after 77) and I thought it would be depressing.

I skipped my high school graduation to run at New Englands for outdoor track. Really stupid because the race was 20 minutes away, but graduation was scheduled too close to my race. Not a hard decision to make, and I've never regretted it.

I went to mine, but it was outdoors and it was raining profusely and they ended up just giving a diploma to the class president and sent us home. Mainly, I remember being wet and not getting a chance to say goodbye to any of the babes. Gosh, you've dredged up a painful memory.

My only interest on my college graduation day was to get away from that prestigious but stultifyingly tedious place as quickly as possible. As if to punish us one more time, the commencement speaker was a classical scholar who went on for over an hour despite getting NO encouragement, and I doubt anyone could tell you what the heck he said. I could say I wish I'd missed, but my cute girlfriend was there and she was happy for me, so ... what the heck.

Took off on a road trip instead and learned to climb mountains. Still climbing mountains and still have never seen my H.S. diploma (got my B.S. though, and even taught H.S./coached for a while).

Graduation at my HS is always the same day as the state track meet. I qualified for states my SR year and it was a pretty easy decision to skip graduation. One of my teammates was in the same predicament and chose to go to graduation, saying it was "12 years against 4." His logic made no sense to me then or now, but everyone's different. Me, I figured the practical thing - I could collect my diploma later, but only had one day to earn a state medal. My teammate thought of the ceremony as having more meaning than I did. To each his own.

Henry Thoreau didn't go to graduation. He didn't even want his diploma. He said, when they offered to mail it to him, "Let every sheep keep his skin [diplomas were printed on parchment, which is made of sheepskin, at the time]." I doubt he regretted it.

did a triathlon instead. good times.