Comments on: Scottish or American Graduation?

By: Vrinda Kanchan

Vrinda Kanchan — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 15:56:00 +0000

High school graduation means the end of required schooling and the beginning of your adult life. It does have meaning.

By: Karen Reyburn

Karen Reyburn — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 08:30:00 +0000

In Scotland, a lot of this happens when someone turns 21. It’s a big deal. There are parties – lots of them. Gifts – big ones. Even ‘open house’ style parties. So, maybe it’s just a matter of timing.

By: Irene

Irene — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:19:00 +0000

I’m curious, since “the feeling was, “You’ve finished High School? So what! You’ve
done nothing yet. Now you start to prove yourself,” is it customary to have a big celebration when graduating from university in Scotland? Having graduated from a Christian highschool in New Jersey and having siblings who graduated in Ontario, I think their graduation celebrations are somewhere more in the middle. There was the one-week trip, banquet, and public graduation ceremony but no school awards ceremony, grad meal (with a limo trip), or graduates day at an adventure camp. We had our graduation parties with classmates, friends and family but I sure didn’t have 250 ppl coming through! We also didn’t hire a professional photographer to snap grad photos of us in various locations and outfits – I think that may be unique to Michigan! Congrats to your sons!

By: David Murray

David Murray — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 11:47:00 +0000

Thanks Ann. I think you must have an American gene in there somewhere. I’ll pass on your good wishes to the boys.

By: David Murray

David Murray — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 11:45:00 +0000

Steve, we try to do American events on Scottish budgets! That includes weddings – I hope

By: David Murray

David Murray — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 11:44:00 +0000

Congratulations to your daughter Stephen. Great achievement. Yes, sometimes there is excessive expenditure on these celebratory occasions. I’ll try to hold back the bad exports from here, but I’d like a few good things to get over to Scotland too! BTW, I spent a year in Hungary in the late 1980′s. Loved it.

By: David Murray

David Murray — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 11:41:00 +0000

Good example of the Scottish way, Flora. I think people sometimes take the truth of total depravity to the extreme of nothing good in anyone, ever.

By: David Murray

David Murray — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 11:39:00 +0000

I think the consequences of not finishing school are more damaging in the USA. In the UK, you can leave High School one or two years before the normal six years and still have some qualifications/certificates.

By: David Murray

David Murray — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 11:39:00 +0000

Thanks, we enjoyed it immensely.

By: David Murray

David Murray — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 11:37:00 +0000

Yes, Jeanette, that puts things in a good perspective.