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| From | Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.electronics.design |
| Subject | Re: commencement |
| Date | 2017-05-21 22:35 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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On 5/21/2017 2:53 PM, John Larkin wrote:
> On Sun, 21 May 2017 13:00:20 -0400, Bob Engelhardt
> <BobEngelhardt@comcast.net> wrote:
>> That was the only way that I could get mine: no attendance, no diploma.
>>
>> I went to my stepson's at U Penn in 1984. What a joke - solemnity
>> stayed home and casual reigned. Some White House bloke blathered on
>> endlessly. I haven't gone to another since and probably won't ever again.
>
> I had a letter from my employer saying I had to be out of town on
> business. The boss said that if I typed it, he'd sign it.
Huh? I don't understand this "requirement".
(College,) we could attend the commencement ceremony or pick up
our diplomas at the Registrar's (?) office. If you weren't in
town, you could arrange for them to *mail* the diploma to you.
I don't know anyone who attended the ceremony -- though I'm sure there
are folks who did! It always seemed artificial, to me: do you have
a ceremony every time you complete EVERY task you set out on?
("Yay! I mowed the lawn! Let's all get together and celebrate!!")
My diploma came in a heavy plastic sort of "book cover" -- like a hard-back
book with just one page in it (though the cover was thick plastic instead
of thick cardboard). Folks who opted to have theirs mailed got a sheet of
paper (folded in half) WITHOUT the cheesey plastic cover (I suspect they
diverted the cost of the cover (pennies??) to handle the postage! :>
No idea if I even *have* my high school diploma. I can't recall ever
picking it up *or* having it handed to me (OhMiGosh!)
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commencement John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-05-20 16:16 -0700
Re: commencement edward.ming.lee@gmail.com - 2017-05-20 16:26 -0700
Re: commencement John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-05-20 17:41 -0700
Re: commencement edward.ming.lee@gmail.com - 2017-05-21 17:37 -0700
Re: commencement Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-05-20 16:32 -0700
Re: commencement John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-05-20 17:46 -0700
Re: commencement Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-05-20 18:37 -0700
Re: commencement Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-20 16:32 -0700
Re: commencement Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-05-20 17:27 -0700
Re: commencement krw@notreal.com - 2017-05-20 23:00 -0400
Re: commencement Bob Engelhardt <BobEngelhardt@comcast.net> - 2017-05-21 13:00 -0400
Re: commencement krw@notreal.com - 2017-05-21 16:56 -0400
Re: commencement John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-05-21 14:53 -0700
Re: commencement Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-05-21 22:35 -0700
Re: commencement John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-05-22 07:15 -0700
Re: commencement Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-05-22 08:22 -0700
Re: commencement krw@notreal.com - 2017-05-22 12:15 -0400
Re: commencement Klaus Kragelund <klauskvik@hotmail.com> - 2017-05-22 00:55 -0700
Re: commencement Reinhardt Behm <rbehm@hushmail.com> - 2017-05-22 17:33 +0800
Re: commencement Martin Riddle <martin_rid@verizon.net> - 2017-05-20 22:00 -0400
Re: commencement Retired <Retired@Retired.com> - 2017-05-21 08:22 -0700
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