There is a good reason they call these ceremonies "commencement exercises."
Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning.
- Orrin Hatch
All that stands between the graduate and the top of the ladder is the ladder.
- Unknown
The important thing is not to stop questioning.
- Albert Einstein
The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.
- Doug Larson
Poverty, race, ethnicity and immigration status
are not in themselves determinative of student
achievement. Demography is not destiny. The amount
of melanin in a student's skin, the home country
of her antecedents, the amount of money in the
family bank account, are not the inexorable
determinants of academic success. The evidence
introduced at trial demonstrates that these
negative life experiences can be overcome by
public schools with sufficient resources well
deployed. It is the clear policy of the state, as
formulated by the Regents and S.E.D. [State
Education Department], that all children can
attain the substantive knowledge and master the
skills expected of high school graduates. The
court finds that the city's at-risk children are
capable of seizing the opportunity for a sound
basic education if they are given sufficient
resources.
- Justice Leland DeGrasse
Supreme Court of the State of New York
A graduation ceremony is an event where the
commencement speaker tells thousands of students
dressed in identical caps and gowns that
'individuality' is the key to success.
- Robert Orben
Sooner or later we all discover that the important
moments in life are not the advertised ones, not
the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not
the great goals achieved. The real milestones are
less prepossessing. They come to the door of
memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in,
sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our
lives are measured by these
- Susan B. Anthony
(1820-1906)
American reformer
school's out
memories past
don't ever doubt
our friendship will last
- Unknown
Graduation is only a concept. In real life every day you graduate.
Graduation is a process that goes on until the last day of your life.
If you can grasp that, you'll make a difference.
- Arie Pencovici
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
- Sydney J. Harris
Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
- Roger Babson
Education is the best provision for old age.
- Aristotle