Had my college graduation ceremony today. The processional began at 1:30; it started to rain around 1:40. It rained for the duration of the event, but it was bearable through much of the event. Staying dry, however, was another matter. They had care tents set up in back, but they didn't think (once it started raining steadily) to distribute ponchos en masse; they let individuals come and get them. For some reason, though, after about ten minutes of random people getting up, everyone started getting up.
Not only did they get up to get ponchos, they started to call people on their cell phones. And they got up to wave to friends in other sections. And they got up to wave to their parents, to talk to the person behind them, to whatever.
They booed the recipients of the presidents' medals, two of the highest honors receivable by an undergraduate at my university - seriously, calling someone a "nerd" when you're a college graduate is uncalled for.
And it was over, like that, less than an hour into the ceremony. (that is, any semblance of an orderly or meaningful ceremony was lost, the ceremony went on for an additional two hours!)
I was ashamed at the conduct of the people around me (business students). There were a number of things that could have been handled better - for example, a complete and early distribution of ponchos - but that was no excuse for the way the graduates acted.
Like I said to a friend of mine: "This was a special, sacred day for so many people, and most of the graduates just went and took a big sh!t right all over it." If the conduct of my fellows today was exemplary of what the workforce and the world can expect from us, we're fvcked.
Not only did they get up to get ponchos, they started to call people on their cell phones. And they got up to wave to friends in other sections. And they got up to wave to their parents, to talk to the person behind them, to whatever.
They booed the recipients of the presidents' medals, two of the highest honors receivable by an undergraduate at my university - seriously, calling someone a "nerd" when you're a college graduate is uncalled for.
And it was over, like that, less than an hour into the ceremony. (that is, any semblance of an orderly or meaningful ceremony was lost, the ceremony went on for an additional two hours!)
I was ashamed at the conduct of the people around me (business students). There were a number of things that could have been handled better - for example, a complete and early distribution of ponchos - but that was no excuse for the way the graduates acted.
Like I said to a friend of mine: "This was a special, sacred day for so many people, and most of the graduates just went and took a big sh!t right all over it." If the conduct of my fellows today was exemplary of what the workforce and the world can expect from us, we're fvcked.
Immature people get on my fvcking nerves... 
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