Friday, May 16, 2008

Commencement at USC

Congratulations Graduates! Today is USC's commencement exercises and I'm in my office working. Its quiet since many are not here.

Today starts the Graduation Season.

I was thinking that typically one is graduated, which would means one completes on level, as in education, and embarks on another level. At the same time, I was thinking that the word as used as in "graduated cylinder" does not mean the same, yet are similar. True a graduated cylinder as markings for different levels and is uniformed to be used as a measuring device.

Does graduating from college or high school is the same? Could it be used as measuring device? Everyone talks about starting a new beginning, but what does graduating measures? Ok, you have to qualify to graduate, but what does it mean?

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