Wearing Other People's Graduation Regalia

[alum]

The majority of girls at my daughter's commencement wore very dressy flat sandals in shades of muted silver and gold. I thought this was very smart as my heels aerated the lawn of the university all too well.

Some NPHC members wore Greek-letter stoles but I didn't see any NPC/IFC members wearing them. No graduates that I could see wore their organization's badge on their gowns.

[carnation]

Thought I'd bump this for graduation season since I saw the B from the original post working at VS. The local technical college was too much for her.

[AZTheta]

I just read through the entire thread and didn't see this situation:

Seniors who have resigned/been terminated, wearing stoles with the letters of their former GLO.

That is Not Right in my book. In addition, it is, at the very least, disrespectful and dishonest. I know they're perping. They know they're perping. They order the stoles online and get together with their still active sisters, take photos, etc. One had the nerve to call up a few seniors who weren't in the "clique" and ask if she could borrow a stole for the photos. I kid you not.

Wow. Just, wow.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by carnation

Thought I'd bump this for graduation season since I saw the B from the original post working at VS. The local technical college was too much for her.

VS? ETA: Ooooh I just figured that out, never mind.

I'd never seen this thread but I was taken aback. That would take a lot of gall. I had so much regalia, I looked like an episode of "Pimp My Graduation Gown"--and I earned every last piece. Seeing someone pretending to have honors they didn't earn would have ticked me off--however, I was too excited on graduation day to notice anyone else's deeds. It would have had to be something I heard about ahead of time.

The closest situation to this was at my HS graduation where an old student came even though he didn't go there anymore. He had tested out of HS at the end of sophomore year and had never gotten a graduation ceremony. We still felt like he was "one of us" so someone smuggled him a cap and gown. The two of us gave the closing remarks on the graduation video--we could barely get the words out for laughing at the fact he was in this video and wasn't even supposed to be there.

[knight_shadow]

This is also my first time seeing this thread. It wouldn't have gone over in my high school.

1. We bought our caps and gowns, but IIRC, the honors cords were given out when we got ready "behind the scenes" at graduation.

2. We were seated based on class standing and membership in leadership organizations. Valedictorian was first, followed by salutatorian, #3-20, NHS members, Leadership Academy members, and finally, "general population." If someone was wearing honors cords and they weren't in the first part, it would've been suspect and an administrator would have stepped in to say something.

[carnation]

I recall that it was really obvious once the graduates were seated because they seat the kids with NHS stoles and honor cords in the front. Then maybe 3/4 of the class is seated behind them in plain gowns. There she was in her ill-gotten gains in the middle of a sea of plain red!

[DeltaBetaBaby]

I'm kinda surprised that NHS is such a big deal that they sit apart, unless things have really changed since I was in high school. I don't even remember having an NHS stole or cords.

As far as "perping", if you want to wear something that belonged to an older sibling/relative/dear friend to honor them at your graduation, you can pick something that ISN'T their honor cords/stoles.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by carnation

I recall that it was really obvious once the graduates were seated because they seat the kids with NHS stoles and honor cords in the front. Then maybe 3/4 of the class is seated behind them in plain gowns. There she was in her ill-gotten gains in the middle of a sea of plain red!

Honestly, carnation, it sounds like she just looked stupid and out of place. She wasn't fooling anyone.