Yesterday, as I was leaving the movies, I overheard two people, who I assumed were parents, talking about an upcoming Fifth Grade Graduation. Those things just strike me as odd. I never had a Fifth Grade Graduation. I never had a Kindergarten Graduation. I only had graduations for the big things like High School and College, and I’m fine with that. In fact, I’m more than fine with it because I don’t really see the point to the other graduations. I believe that Bob Parr (A.K.A. Mr. Incredible) said it best when he said this about his son’s Fourth Grade Graduation: "It's psychotic! They keep creating new ways to celebrate mediocrity, but if someone is genuinely exceptional..." Of course, that’s just my opinion, and like I said, I didn’t have all of those little meaningless, I mean, nice, meaningful, graduations that I guess I should have, so my view is probably skewed.
It all just makes me wonder when people got so soft that they quite recognizing achievement? I mean, let’s face it, there are people that are better at some things than other people. You know it, I know it, we all know it, and we all knew it growing up too, so why are we afraid to say it? I’m just waiting for my "Existence Awards" to become reality. I can see it now: "Welcome to the Existence Awards. You exist, good for you! Here’s a plaque. It doubles as a hat rack, a key hook, or a coaster."
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