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main characters have family involved in their graduations, but they are involved for entirely different reasons. Angelou’s mother is proud and excited of her daughter’s graduation. To show this she gets started right away on her butter-yellow pique dress that all the girls are wearing for graduation. Also on the day of graduation her mother makes a Sunday breakfast even though it was only Friday. Another thing, her brother Bailey was also very happy for his sister. We get to see his happiness for her

His goals here were firstly, to praise the class of 2005 from managing to graduate from Stanford. This is shown in the first part of his speech where he compliments the students for graduating from “one of the finest universities in the world.” Next, he is also seeking to impart what he learnt about life and failure to the students. This can be observed through the stories that he deliberately chose to impart his points: connecting the dots, love and loss, and death. I feel that these were chosen

There has been a major problem with finding employment for college graduates. Many students believe in order to receive a great job after you graduate you must attend an elite school or a predominately white school. Graduating from a historical black college most of the time gets looked down on because how people view them. There is a stigma that HBCU’s are less stringent and collect fewer less post grad employment opportunities. Sometimes receiving employment is not all about what school you graduated

The Making of Me. “What are we going to do! What about my graduation?” Linz repeats frantically over and over, as the daunting reality slowly sat in. Our lives daily routine kept repeating day in and day out, we’d kept delaying the solution, that would make our car stop the silent screams to get our attention. I wondered on that stressful day, when were we too late to just give in and finally listen to the clear indicators the car manufactures put in place to alert drivers when their automobiles

At the completion of my degree program at Northeastern State University, commencement exercises were rapidly approaching. As most of my classmates and friends were filled with excitement, I was experiencing mixed emotions, most of all fear of the unknown as to where I would end up. To be completely honest, I was fearful of leaving Tahlequah and Northeastern State simply due to so many unknown variables as to what steps I would take next in my life. I dreaded the fact that I was leaving Tahlequah

At the station platform, there was a sea of diverse faces, some carrying a conversation, and some who were listening to their early morning tunes. Many were in suits carrying a briefcase on their side while I was with my flowy white dress, four-inch black heels, and a black bag that I held in my hand, standing next to my family. The platform lights were blinking, signaling the metro was arriving shortly. Once it docked, the door opened for some to get off, and some to get in. I had

After the civil war, the United States took steps to become a more industrialized country. They wanted to become more progressive and “many people viewed this economic growth as evidence of the superiority of the American system”. The effects industrialization can be seen throughout history between 1865 and 1914. Industrialization improved the American way of life but also created many problems for them.     The Industrialization transformed humanity's struggle with material scarcity to expand the

“My boy is about to be a college freshman” my dad said, looking at Johan put on his cap and gown before his graduation. “I remember there were times I felt, I’d never see this day” he proclaimed. My dad had a chronic breathing disorder. Our family doctor has said he probably has died in his sleep many of times and didn’t realize it. It was a scary thing. I hoped I’d never have to be with him alone because I didn’t want him to croak on me. I was too young to see that. I heard those type deaths replayed

In Maya Angelou's Essay `Graduation' the use of language as a navigational tool is very evident, as it leads from emotion to emotion on the occasion of the author's graduation from eighth grade. Over the course of the work, Angelou displays 3 major emotions simply based from the language she uses; excitement, disappointment and finally, redemption The beginning of this work focuses on speaking of excitement and joy due to the upcoming eighth grade graduation, "The children in Stamps trembled visibly

There are many significant in your life. From being born to your first step to going to school.There are life milestones but milestones are so much more than just a moment. Milestones are what make your life up, where you take a minute and say, "Wow I actually did this.” For me, one of my biggest milestones was high school graduation. It wasn't the actual graduation itself, but the meaning underneath and what it meant for me for the rest of my life. Not only was I growing older and moving on with