Suppose you complete a degree at accredited online institution, which would make you feel more like a graduate:
1) If you marched across a stage, shook the hands of dignitaries, and were handed a diploma?
2) If you get your degree in the mail?
3) If you get a PDF of your degree by email?
I wondered about this because I read about how a Massachusetts hospital is giving drive-through flu shots, which disturbed me because it removes the ceremony and perhaps the seriousness of a medical procedure. The one time I voted using an absentee ballot, I felt the same and missed the ceremony and seriousness of walking into a voting booth. Of course there are other situations where convenience outweighs ceremony any day, such as using an ATM or doing online banking, instead of going into a bank.
Graduation is a ceremony that people look forward to and celebrate with parties. For online students, it offers them an opportunity to – finally – meet their teachers and fellow students, or at least those who also travel to it. A graduation ceremony cements the fact that a degree was awarded and, even the name, commencement, refers to how life has been forever altered. There is definitely a role for ceremony, even when convenience is the trend in so many other aspects of our lives.
Unfortunately I have never attended a (Graduation Ceremony) and I am really not so happy about that. In a world where we are pushing e-Learning, I don’t want e-Learners feel the way I do every time I see photos of a graduation ceremony. Graduates have the right to celebrate their graduation. They have the right to remember the day they graduated. If you want to estimate the feeling of canceling graduation ceremony from e-Learners, imagine yourself with no memories of your graduation (any; primary, secondary school, college) and you will understand why graduation ceremonies are important.
I agree with you Haitham. I went to my undergraduate graduation; however, I noticed a lot of people in my graduate program choose not to walk in the ceremony. When I questioned them about this choice they proclaimed that it was more of a hassle to go to graduation, send out invitations, set-up accommodations for relatives, etc. and therefore chose to simply receive their diploma in the mail. When I think about all the work and time I put into getting my diploma, I surely want to walk and receive my diploma. Graduates need to think about the benefits and long-term memories they
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