Cullen's graduation

Cullen's graduation was nice but it went on forever. We got there right around six pm and were still there after 11. I taught a boy how to tie his tie in the parking lot. That made me happy.

The ceremony was kind of weird and sexist. Girls wore white and boys wore blue. Boys took their hats of for the Star Spangled Banner and the moment of silence for the member of the graduating class who was killed in a car accident last year but girls kept theirs on. Boys sat on one side of the stadium girls on another. They walked in as couples even though there were more girls than boys so a bunch of girls came in by themselves all alone at the end.

They weren't allowed to throw their caps in the air and in fact couldn't get their diplomas if they didn't show their cap at the end, with their names written inside. Why? I have no idea. Throwing the caps is a lovely visual.

But all that aside it was still really nice and it was exciting to see so many IB kids wearing their gold thingies.