On Mon 16 Jun 2008 06:11:16a, Melba's Jammin' told us...

> In article >,
> Janet Baraclough > wrote:
>
>> The message > from "Giusi"
>> > contains these words:
>
>> > > That really surprises me. All the graduations I've ever been to in
>> > > the UK universities, have strictly limited numbers of guest;
>>
>> > These are High School
>>
>> LOL. Kids here don't "graduate" from secondary school. They just
>> leave school. Everybody does it so it's not regarded as an academic
>> achievement :-)
>>
>> Janet.
>
> Sweet Jesus! Here they sometimes "graduate" from kindergarten‹with
> mortarboard and gown. I was invited to an 8th grade graduation party (I
> was told that's a common thing in Roman Catholic parochial schools). My
> thought was, "That's as far as she plans to go?"

Yes, 8th grade is a common graduation thing in Catholic schools, at least
it was in Cleveland. They may or may not continue on to a Catholic
highschool, or choose a public highschool instead. I think the latter is
why they make such a big deal out of 8th grade graduation. For those who
choose public highschool (which seems the majority), it's a turning point
in their education.

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Wayne Boatwright
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