Graduation IS huge waste of time. I'm graduating with my doctorate next week and the only reason I'm going (and the only reason I went to undergrad... and highschool ceremonies) is that my parents are so looking forward to it. I wish they weren't. It's several boring hours of people blathering on with the same old inanities about the future, meeting your goals, etc. Utter waste. You're lucky no one else is concerned about it, now you can skip too!

#9 is correct

aww thats sad

Well it's pretty obvious why you were the first one to go to college!

132, you are so right

What college, date and time, I'll show up :) ......... Maybe

I'm a professional musician and have been called on to perform in at least a dozen collegiate graduation ceremonies. Your parents are right. Graduation ceremonies are incredibly long and boring. Unless you go to a major school and have someone like Barack Obama as your speaker, your family can better spend their time doing something else. I know when I graduate I'm going to insist that they not come.

Usually how it goes... :

As much as that stinks, graduation ceremonies are INCREDIBLY boring. My parents were begging me to go to the ceremony when I graduated from a COMMUNITY COLLEGE and I thought they were nuts. I still had two more years at a real college to go. I told them I'd go when I graduated from an actual university. Personally I'd be glad that they didn't care so I wouldn't have to go myself. However, since you DO care, that's kind of rude of them to decline. Your situation is different. If you're the first in your family, that's something to be proud of. Hopefully you can convince them to go.

tht sucks! good job tho dont let ur family bring u down!!