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Post by slorchiepoo on Dec 17, 2007 19:54:02 GMT -5
skip graduation. i mean honestly, that's what i would do.
my high school graduation wasn't all that. it was quite boring. i listened to some teachers and a principal talk about mindless crap, then listened to the valedictorian deliver a horrible speech that reduced most of the snobby crowd to tearful idiots (that's how i knew it was horrible), then had to watch 200+ other people get their diploma when the only one that really mattered to me was mine (hey, i'm honest).
Post by strumntheguitar on Dec 17, 2007 20:00:42 GMT -5
My high school graduation day went like this:
-woke up hungover -corned with friends -ate lunch -dinner with family -corn with friends -drove to graduation -3 hour nap -walk across a stage, shake some dudes hand -into the nature with corn and booze.
Just think... you can do all of that minus walking across a stage and handshake at Roo. So, skip it
Post by SouthGA_Festival Machine on Dec 17, 2007 20:54:24 GMT -5
I've had 2 graduations, High School and Tech School, and I went to both and watched my classmates graduate from the audience. I've never regretted not participating in the ceremonies and if I'd had to choose between graduation and Bonnaroo, I sure as hell wouldn't have had a problem making that decision. Twenty years from now, I seriously doubt that you will look back and say "Damn I wish I had gone through graduation instead of going to Bonnoroo '08.
Woot, 08', represent. Move to the south so your graduation happens three weeks earlier (and to get a lil durty. it happens) or screw the ceremony. I was ven thinking about skippin my ceremny but Ive decided Im gonna go so my family can watch me walk but if I were the only one graduation affected, Id be outta there in a heartbeat. If Bonnaroo and my graduation were conflicting I would most definitely choose Bonnaroo. best of luck with your decision (choose Roo).
skip graduation. bonnaroo is way worth it. nothing that exciting happens at graduation anyways. its just one more time you have to see most of the assholes you are graduating with. bonnaroo is filled with amazing people and they'll help you celebrate your graduation in style! plus, it rains all the time in pittsburgh. you're chances of getting rained out are pretty good.
Do you have a family that would be okay with you skipping the ceremony? If so, I'd say go for it. The actual ceremony is not what's important, but how you or your family feels about it might be.
Graduation is really more for your family than for you. If your family is cool with you skipping, then do so. I doubt you'll regret it.
If it's important to them - c'mon, they frickin' raised you! - then go. Maybe make a deal with them that you'll go to Roo late but if it gets rained out then that's fate's way of saying that you should go to Roo. You can get there late-night Thursday.
high school graduation is lame, weigh the pros and cons of the grad, and the first day of getting settled at roo. i'm sure you'll still get money and stuff from family even if you don't do the cap and gown bit
*i like coconuts, you can break them open they smell like ladies lyin in the sun** *Hell I don't even know where I am** *for now I must sit here and ponder the yonder: The herbivores did well cause their food didn't never run** *We listen, if it feels good We shake** *You made a big impression for a girl of your size, Now I can't get by without you and your big brown eyes.**
I've been to Bonnaroo the past two years and loved it, and I was planning on going again this years but .. my highschool graduation is June 12th.
I live in pittsburgh so it takes about 13ish hours to get there, so if i left right after graduation I could prob. get there for mid. friday.
BUT there's a chance graduation will be rained out, and rescheduled.. ugh.. any advice?
Pittsburg.. Thats on the west side of Pa. i live on the East side of Pa, and it takes us 17 hrs 1 way to roo straight through except for gas , food and bathroom breaks .. what are you driving ? a plane?
Yeah, it's not like you don't get your diploma if you're not there wearing a dumb robe with a cute slogan on your hat. Skip commencement. Go to the Roo.
*i like coconuts, you can break them open they smell like ladies lyin in the sun** *Hell I don't even know where I am** *for now I must sit here and ponder the yonder: The herbivores did well cause their food didn't never run** *We listen, if it feels good We shake** *You made a big impression for a girl of your size, Now I can't get by without you and your big brown eyes.**
Graduation is really more for your family than for you. If your family is cool with you skipping, then do so. I doubt you'll regret it.
If it's important to them - c'mon, they frickin' raised you! - then go. Maybe make a deal with them that you'll go to Roo late but if it gets rained out then that's fate's way of saying that you should go to Roo. You can get there late-night Thursday.
There's my two cents.
This post is exactly correct. Graduation is more for your family than it is for you, so if they want you to go to graduation, you're going to graduation. Talk to them, though, and see how they feel about you skipping the ceremony. If they're cool with it, then you get to go to Roo! If not, then you'll get there late Thursday night. Either way, Roo is in your future. Besides, Thursday doesn't ever have a very strong lineup, so you probably won't be missing anyone you wanted to go see.
Bottom line: talk to your parents about it. It really is their call, even if you're 18 and are legally an adult. If they want you at graduation, then you owe it to them to be there.
A few of my younger friends are in the same boat (except they graduate on the 13th) and our solution is to come via airplane. Plane ride is only a few hours, and we figure as long as they get down in the afternoon that they won't miss much.
Personally, I wouldn't miss your graduation. I missed mine, and although I tend not to regret much, I still wish I just went. Suck it up and miss a day, we won't be leaving by the time you get there.
P.S.- Get your graduation info now, and then buy your plane ticket now so it's cheap. Hopefully you'll have some friends that are willing to bring your stuff down for you and your site is already set up.
Post by mynameismax on Dec 18, 2007 14:49:09 GMT -5
That sucks. I too am a senior at high school and this post has made me realize that I will either be graduating on the 4th or 11th (still not sure). I would not miss graduation personally, but that is because school is a big part of my life. I am sure it will be boring, but bonnaroo is mostly a lot of drugs and too many people packed in with few people getting good spots for the performances (in my opinion), and I can do this all summer (I also plan on attending many other music festivals).
Post by strumntheguitar on Dec 18, 2007 14:57:21 GMT -5
mynameismax said:
That sucks. I too am a senior at high school and this post has made me realize that I will either be graduating on the 4th or 11th (still not sure). I would not miss graduation personally, but that is because school is a big part of my life. I am sure it will be boring, but bonnaroo is mostly a lot of drugs and too many people packed in with few people getting good spots for the performances (in my opinion), and I can do this all summer (I also plan on attending many other music festivals).
I think you went to Woodstock, not Bonnaroo. Bonnaroo is just a lot of people having fun listening to music, nothing that you mentioned....
Post by HelloGoodbye on Dec 18, 2007 15:13:43 GMT -5
thanks for the advice everyone.. i def. gotta talk to my parents -and i think it's about a 20% chance theyd let me skip graduation ( ecspecially since they already bought the gown and cap and stuff )
But i like the idea of saying 'Maybe make a deal with them that you'll go to Roo late but if it gets rained out then that's fate's way of saying that you should go to Roo.'
Also the plane idea is a good one, but unless it's a real cheap ticket then that won't work, cause im saving all my money cause im going to amsterdam and paris this march - and i am b-r-o-k-e
Graduation at PA though usually goes till kinda late. So it prob wouldnt be over till 9ish Thursday night.. which sucks.
I'm gonna keep trying tho - cause i went to bonnaroo the past two years and i love it. Well .. wish me luck!
Wow...9 o'clock is late...what time does your ceremony start? Mine started around 1 in the afternoon and I was home by 3, and going to friends' grad parties by 5.
Post by HelloGoodbye on Dec 18, 2007 16:15:16 GMT -5
At my school the seniors finish school about two week before everyone else.. ( we grauduate on everyone else's last day of school ) So we have to wait till all the kids get home, and then wait for all the parents to make it to our school. confusing.
Post by SouthGA_Festival Machine on Dec 18, 2007 16:21:02 GMT -5
There are no drugs at Bonnoroo. Did you mean DRUMS?
strumntheguitar said:
mynameismax said:
That sucks. I too am a senior at high school and this post has made me realize that I will either be graduating on the 4th or 11th (still not sure). I would not miss graduation personally, but that is because school is a big part of my life. I am sure it will be boring, but bonnaroo is mostly a lot of drugs and too many people packed in with few people getting good spots for the performances (in my opinion), and I can do this all summer (I also plan on attending many other music festivals).
I think you went to Woodstock, not Bonnaroo. Bonnaroo is just a lot of people having fun listening to music, nothing that you mentioned....
i'm so happy my graduation is two weeks before bonnaroo. i live outside the U.S. so if i were in the same situation as you i would be late for roo or might not even make it, and i don't want to miss a second this year.
That sucks. I too am a senior at high school and this post has made me realize that I will either be graduating on the 4th or 11th (still not sure). I would not miss graduation personally, but that is because school is a big part of my life. I am sure it will be boring, but bonnaroo is mostly a lot of drugs and too many people packed in with few people getting good spots for the performances (in my opinion), and I can do this all summer (I also plan on attending many other music festivals).
I think you went to Woodstock, not Bonnaroo. Bonnaroo is just a lot of people having fun listening to music, nothing that you mentioned....
Foreal dude, I dunno which festie youve been goin to but the Bonnaroo I know is chill, free of all druqks and who cares if you get a good spot, you dont attend Bonnaroo to look at the music, you come to hear it.
