17 October 2019

The big business of school graduation ceremonies


The red arrow shows the place to order just the cap, gown, and tassel.

Image amended from the original.

2 comments:

  1. The graduation fee was something like $110 for my college graduation 20+ years ago. The university alumni program calls every year now asking their alumni for donations. The young kid making the call gets rather quiet when I say the university can have a donation as soon as they refund that graduation fee. Seriously, that last gouge at my pocket book has cost them a lifetime of donations from this alum.

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  2. I went to pick up my cap and gown at my school's bookstore with several friends getting our social work degrees. I clearly remember one of them saying to the cashier "you mean we don't have to pay for these?" The cashier didn't miss a beat. He looked at her and said "oh, you've paid for them..."

    I'll definitely be working off that cap and gown for the next ten years at the minimum, and I don't even plan to wear it again.

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