The idea of "commencement" exercises is that this is the beginning of something, rather than the end (today is the first day of the rest of your life, kind of thing.)
Ok, that makes sense, even if a little obscure!
The older I get the more I appreciate the significance and importance of rituals marking milestones.
I will never be someone who parties in the dorm, but I crave learning and plan to do it just for the experience. Does that make sense to anyone but myself??
makes perfect sense. This was also "taken" from me by the WTS. I went to college anyway but as a commuter. I so wanted to live on campus though!