Congratulation For Graduating Cards

Your son/ daughter/ friend/ loved one is now a graduate ! Pat him/ her on the back and send your heartiest wishes for a great future ahead with our warm and wonderful Graduation Congratulations ecards. Appreciate your loved one for this really big achievement with these cute and heartfelt ecards and make his/ her Graduation a truly special one.

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Graduation Gifts You can wear!

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The best graduation gifts are the ones that have humor and the ones that you can actually wear. You become a walking statement. The best T-shirt designs are from Cafe Press. Here's a collection of graduation gifts that I really find interesting.

For high school graduates this Senioritis shirt is really cool to have. For those of them who are younger than high school, here's something...

For high school graduates this Senioritis shirt is really cool to have. For those of them who are younger than high school, here's something...

For kindergarten graduates! There are shirts, it is so cute and you should acknowledge them for their hard work after all going to first grade is a big thing. Another cute stuff I found are penguins. Check out this penguin graduate.

And of course graduation is not complete without the parents. So here's a present for your mom or dad too. It's a design for the proud parent(s) of the graduate.

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Of course you can't face gradation without some sort of humor either. Here's some of the graduation apparel designs that I really like these!

Graduation Speech - Steve Jobs

Have you seen the graduation speech by Steve Jobs? I never thought there was more to learn about this guy. It's very inspiring watch --

What do you think? Holla back!

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Top 3 Graduation Gifts

Graduation gifts can be puzzling as well as fun to shop around. After all you're shopping for a graduate that has his or her whole life ahead of him. Here are the top 3 graduation gifts that you can give to a high school graduate who's going off to college.

Graduating Teddy -

Something that the graduate can keep in his or her dorm and remember you by is the graduating teddy. It comes in all assortments that can be personalized. And prices range from $23.00 to $80.00.

Keep it clean - Graduation Kit

Is your graduate a neat freak or do you have to tell them to clean their room everyday? If that's the case, imagine them living in a dorm. Here's a cleaning kit that's going to help your graduate stay neat and clean in the dorm. There are also other graduation kits if you want to check them out.

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Sonic Boom Alarm Clocks -

For those graduates who have a challenge waking up in the morning, there are Sonic Boom Alarm clocks that do more than just give alarm. They vibrate and some even shoots out a fan with motor attached and the clock doesn't stop until the fan is reattached to the base! How's that for motivation to get out of bed?

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Graduation Anxieties

Do you know about Go Ask Alice? It's Columbia University's Health Q&A service. I found out about Senioritis -- an anxiety we tend to contract when we're in senior year. It's something we've all experienced in some form or the other. Things tend to move too fast, you don't want to graduate and you're totally nervous. Well a senior year student who was scared of graduation and here's what Alice had to say...

Dear Scared Senior,

The scared feeling that you are experiencing concerning graduating from college is completely normal. I'd be willing to bet the house that you are not the only college senior

feeling this way. In fact, the reality is that the majority of upperclassmen most likely feel like you do.

Any time someone has to undergo a drastic change in their life, a certain amount of anxiety is present. This is why the old adage “no one ever said that change is easy”

exists. The good news is that you are aware of your fear of leaving college and have formulated a plan for what you want to do when you graduate. With this preliminary

map of your future you are already way ahead of the game, as many of your peers most likely have not put in the same amount of thought about their futures that you have.

The problem may not be the post-graduation plan, but the fear and anxiety itself.

A great resource for you to utilize is the career counseling center at your respective college or university. The staff there is specially trained to help you figure out options

concerning different courses of action after you graduate. Discussions will most likely include the right job or graduate school for you and whether or not it would benefit you

to work for a while first before heading to grad school. These counselors will not tell you what to do, nor should they, but these professionals can be a great help when you

let them in on your desires and fears about life outside of the confines of being an undergraduate. The following books are also great career resources and are probably in
the library of your career counseling center:

What Color Is Your Parachute? by Richard Nelson Bolles

I Could Do Anything if I only Knew What It Was by Barbara Sher

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Just keeping in mind that your fear is not about the act of graduating itself, it is based on your perception about what you are supposed to do after you walk across that stage and receive your diploma. Four months is plenty of time to have some sort of idea about what you want to do after college. Heck, you have the rest of your life to find your career destination. Recent surveys suggest that the average number of job changes in a professional career is now hovering between eight and ten, of which half are made by the age of forty. Thus, there is no “wrong” or “right” plan after you graduate, the key may be to allow yourself to set a goal of gaining general life and work experience. There is nothing wrong with exploring your options during this tumultuous time of transition.

If you don’t find career counseling helpful and that your anxiety and fear are becoming increasingly unbearable, talking to a therapist counselor at your university or in your community may be a beneficial step for you to take. If you are a Columbia student, you can call Counseling and Psychological Services at 4-2878 to make and appointment to speak with a counselor.

Next year, you will hopefully look back and laugh because you will be surprised by how exciting and cool it is to be on your own. But first things first, you only live your final year of college once. Do yourself a favor, go out and enjoy yourself. Have a last hurrah with your friends, undergrad style!

Alice

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After the Graduation -- saying 'Thank You'

So you've had your graduation creemony and your graduation party. Now what? Are you thinking of sending thank you notes to those who gave you graduation gifts, came to your party or graduation ceremony? Well, here's what you can do --

1) Thank people by using an informal stationery -- a formal one is not really necessary. But just because it doesn't have to be on a formal stationery doesn't mean that you grab any paper you see and scribble down a note. There are

2) Make specific reference to the subject of the note, like "Thanks for the iPod."

3) Send thank you notes if -

• someone hosted a graduation party for you.
• for graduation gifts received over the mail. Even if you received gifts in person and have thanked them, it's still nice to send a note.
• you've received notes of gifts congratulating you.

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4) Send your thank you notes as soon as possible.

5) Personalize your notes as much as possible -- DON'T print them in advance and distribute them after your graduation party. It not only convey the fact that you're doing it just for the formality, it's also insulting.

6) Don't forget to thank all the teachers, professors, guidance counselors, coaches, and friends who have helped you along the way to reach to your graduation.

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Head Atomica's Graduation Day Song and Lyrics

Have you heard the Graduation Day song by Head Atomica? It's awesome! If you haven't you can hear it here -- or you can hear it again, and again and again. I love it, it's one of my favorite songs. I love the music video the best because there's the graduation ceremony that's going on and it's an exciting scene. The flash backs tell you what's going to happen in the future of the graduates' lives.

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Here are the Graduation Day song lyrics. Enjoy!

Smudged funnies in a broken bottle on the dot at nine
Daddy throws clothes, throws on an old stove
I'm crying in the corner at five
Well I've seen black and I've seen blue but fine lines I don't see
And just because I am in misery
Don't mean a thing that I want to know
That I want to know

Graduation Day
Graduation Day
We take back everything we said about you

September
As far as she remember, they don't teach humility
And just because her only signal is mayday
Don't it mean a thing
Well she's seen love and she's faired war but fairness she can't see
And just because I am in misery
Don't it mean a thing that she wants to know
That she wants to know

Graduation Day
Graduation Day
We take back everything we said about you

That camaraderie's old
Doing what I'm told
And everybody knows this is getting out of hand
Everybody is dying for
That chance to be heard not ignored
And everybody knows this is getting out of hand

Graduation Day
Graduation Day
We take back everything we said about you

I'm not going to school

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After High School Graduation: First Steps of Choosing a College

You're big high school graduation is very near and you haven't decided which college to apply to but don't worry here's a handy list of things you can do to help you decide --

First, start off with a self assessment - be honest and list out who you really are --
What are your strengths, weaknesses, skills and talents?
Define your long term, short term and career goals. List your personality traits and attitudes.

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Now that you know yourself, ask what kind of academic and living environment you want. What do you want out of your college community? Now here are a couple of key words to help you with your search for a suitable college -- circle the words that are important to you.

close to home
commuting distance
in-state
public
private
far away
apart but accessible
new region of country
our region of country
in or near a city
pastoral
near sports environment
small school
medium-sized school
large school
small classes
strong liberal arts
special field of study
familiarity of students/teachers
anonymity
high academic standards
pre-graduate study
financial aid
"big game school"
women's college
men's college
many foreign students
students from many states
religious school
intellectual school
fraternities/sororities
teachers who also research

Once you have all that check out College Confidential and Rugg's Recommendations for college rankings and places you can learn more about the colleges you're considering.

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Graduation Wisdom

If you're worried about finals and graduation here's food for thought --

Neat pic huh? I found it at Graduation Wisdom. It's a really neat site filled with graduation quotes that the wisdom engine puts out. It also has graduation speeches and practical advice to the graduates.

The wisdom engine has a collection of inspirational quotes from commencement speeches. Even if you're not looking for graduation wisdom it's still a good place to go to for some practical advice on how to deal with life.

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The best practical advice I found? "Just believe in yourself and you’ll do just fine. And, oh yes, don’t then forget to market yourself and your ideas. Use both sides of your brain." - Michael Uslan

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7 simple things to keep in mind for your graduation party

Graduation date is pretty much decided by the school or the college but what about your graduation party date? Have you picked one yet? There's a couple of things to consider when you're picking the date for your graduation party. You have to consider both your family and your friends and pick a date that's going to work for them and you.

Here's a list of 7 simple things to consider when you're planning your graduation party:

1. How long will it take to prepare for the party and which dates work best for your family?

2. Which dates work best for your relatives? Are they bringing any children who are still in school? Because a lot of towns celebrate all night party just after the graduation ceremony.

3. Are there other parties or events going on around that time? If so when? Check out with your school for end of the year banquets. Talk to your coaches, teachers and advisers for information on other sort of events not listed in your school district calender. Check in with Churches too since churches in your area might be organizing a non-denominational Baccalaureate service.

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4. Graduations taking place in the month of June might clash with weddings so you might be competing for the time from your guests or from the rental and catering services. June is a very busy month with graduation parties and weddings to go to. A lot of your class mates might be having graduation parties on the same weekend as the graduation ceremony.

5. The best way to get excited guests who are not exhausted from attending so many parties is to have your graduation party in May. That way people are fresh and excited to get to the first few graduation parties of the year. You have a lesser chance of clashing with the other parties. You'll also get better choices of caterers and rental companies if you plan your graduation party in May instead of June. Just have a look out for Mother's Day and Memorial Day.

6. Once you know the date, think of the time. Do you want your graduation party to take place in the morning, afternoon or the evening? If you ask me, a classy morning brunch would be ideal -- something great to do over the weekend and you don't have to worry about your friends who drink too much.

7. After you pick the date call up or send a postcard to your relatives or family members who might be out of town so they can plan ahead. You can follow up with a formal invitation later when the date is closer.

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Give Your Graduation a Boost

Graduation seem easy for some of us but out of every 10 high school students, chances are 4 won't make it to graduation. You might've seen the PSAs on TV about the teen high school students who were given video cameras to have a journal of their trials in high school in preparation for graduation.

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You can follow their stories at Boost Up's website. It's sponsored by the Ad Council and US Army. You can also go through the other sections like the Gallery to see the messages that other people have posted. There's a resource center in the 'Need Help' section so you can get help with your graduation. You can even Boost your friend for graduation – the site is just a wealth of information to help you, your child or your friend get through high school graduation. Remember having a high school diploma will let you earn more as opposed to not having one.

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Graduation Gown: Color Codes

Graduation gowns are color coded. Do you know what color your major has?

You might think that the whole color coding system was done since the by gone days but it was standardized only in the US in the late 19^th century. Here's a list of which field of learning has what color:

WHITE : was taken from the white fur trimming of the Oxford and Cambridge Arts hoods and was assigned to arts and letters.

RED: is the traditional colors of the church so it went to theology.

GREEN: was the color of medieval herbs so it was adopted for medicine.

OLIVE: since it was so close to green went for Pharmacy.

GOLDEN YELLOW: which stood for wealth where scientific research was produced was assigned for the sciences.

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All of the colors were standardized in 1895 with the help of Gardner Cotrell Leonard when Intercollegiate Commission met at Columbia. The American Council on Education authorized and appointed a committee in 1932 to revise the system. The committee reviewed the situation through correspondence and conference and approved a code for academic costumes that went into effect the same year. By 1959, this committee became the “Committee on Academic Costumes and Ceremonies” and made some changes. Again in 1986 the committee updated the graduation gown color code to use dark blue for the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree.

To know more and to see the colors that we use currently in colleges check out the wiki page for graduation gowns.

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Happy Graduation Wishes

It's time for Graduation ! The sleepless nights are finally over for the young graduates ! Congratulate your son/ daughter/ friend/ dear one who is taking a bow this year with our Happy Graduation ecards. Send your best wishes for the days ahead with these fun-filled ecards and make his/ her Graduation a memorable one.

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Graduation Gifts: Candles

Receiving a graduation announcement sometimes mean that you should give a gift to the graduate. When it comes to even normal gifts like birthday or anniversary gifts we wreck our brains trying to figure out what we have to give. So what do we give when it comes to graduation?!

Ronnie Halsema of Zionsville Candle Company has the perfect solution. Give candles -- and not just any candles, it's environmentally safe and organic. Zionsville Candle Company makes candles that are based out of oil. So if the graduate is into environmental protection or is conscious about organic products it's the perfect gift. If the graduate is not into those things then it's time to get educated on organic products out there.

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The best part about Zionsville candles is that they can customize the candle for you and include a name, date, graduation year, picture or any other memento that you'd like to be added. When the wicks burn, they burn off white soot because it's based on soy so it's environmentally safe and friendly. That's a nice thought to have thinking the graduate will be off in his or her new dorm or apartment smelling nice things and not inhale black soot.

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Bono Graduation Speech

I just found this speech by Bono (yes, of U2 Fame) who received an honorary Doctorate from Penn State – here's a snippet of it that I really liked --

"So I humbly accept the honor, keeping in mind the words of a British playwright, John Mortimer it was, "No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense and relatively clean fingernails." Well at best I've got one of the two of those.

But no, I never went to college, I've slept in some strange places, but the library wasn't one of them. I studied rock and roll and I grew up in Dublin in the '70s, music was an alarm bell for me, it woke me up to the world. I was 17 when I first saw The Clash, and it just sounded like revolution. The Clash were like, "This is a public service announcement--with guitars." I was the kid in the crowd who took it at face value. Later I learned that a lot of the rebels were in it for the T-shirt. They'd wear the boots but they wouldn't march. They'd smash bottles on their heads but they wouldn't go to something more painful like a town hall meeting. By the way I felt like that myself until recently.

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I didn't expect change to come so slow, so agonizingly slow. I didn't realize that the biggest obstacle to political and social progress wasn't the Free Masons, or the Establishment, or the boot heal of whatever you consider 'the Man' to be, it was something much more subtle. As the Provost just referred to, a combination of our own indifference and the Kafkaesque labyrinth of 'no's you encounter as people vanish down the corridors of bureaucracy."

You can also read the whole of the graduation speech.

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Graduation Poem: The Road Not Taken

Probably one of the most famous graduation poems is Robert Frost's “The Road Not Taken”. You can even use it in your graduation ceremony.

The Road Not Taken
by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

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The Graduation Song

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We all know the graduation songs that are pop songs. We all know who Vitamin C or who Green Day are. But what do you know about the graduation song that is played traditionally? Ya you know that tune you hear usually played by the high school band? It's called “Pomp and Circumstance Marches”. Originally it had 4 marches all together but the first one is most popular – plus we call it the 'graduation song' this side of the Atlantic. Here's a re-dub of the graduation song by Cubismo Grafico Five – a hip hop version!

Pomp and circumstance Marches were composed between 1901 and 1930. Edward Elgar set March No. 1 to words by AC Benson as a Coronation Ode of King Edward VII. It became the graduation song on June 8th, 1905 when Professor of Music Samuel Sanford had it play as apart of the Yale commencement ceremony. Edward Elgar – also a friend of the professor was the star of the ceremony and was receiving an honorary doctorate. The song was subsequently adopted by Princeton in 1907, Chicago University in 1908, Columbia in 1913, Vassar in 1916, and Rutgers in 1918 as their official graduation ceremony accompaniment. And the rest as they say is history!

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Graduation Wisdom

Graduation wisdom is hard to find. But there are a couple of sites that can point you to a direction. This is why started writing a bit on life after graduation -- so that I can share the tidbits that I find across the web on how to go about life after graduating. And among those things, I stumbled upon Gnorb's blog about what to do after graduation.

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I really loved his post because he not only gives you a bit of wisdom, he also gives you some stuff you should do and things you should read up on. So it's a resource in itself. Check it out at You Graduated. Now What?

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Graduation Trivia: Oath of Supremacy

In 1599 Queen Elizabeth declared herself Supreme Governor of the Church of England through the Act of Supremacy – almost a family tradition that was started by her father henry VIII. This act forced anyone holding public or church office to swear allegiance to the monarch.

This included people who were graduating from universities. Graduates or anyone refusing to swear by the Oath of Supremacy were committing treason and were subject to death or exile. Famous of being Thomas More. Here's the text of the Oath from wiki --

I, A. B., do utterly testify and declare in my conscience that the Queen's Highness is the only supreme governor of this realm, and of all other her Highness's dominions and countries, as well in all spiritual or ecclesiastical things or causes, as temporal, and that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state or potentate hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence or authority ecclesiastical or spiritual within this realm; and therefore I do utterly renounce and forsake all foreign jurisdictions, powers, superiorities and authorities, and do promise that from henceforth I shall bear faith and true allegiance to the Queen's Highness, her heirs and lawful successors, and to my power shall assist and defend all jurisdictions, pre-eminences, privileges and authorities granted or belonging to the Queen's Highness, her heirs or successors, or united or annexed to the imperial crown of this realm. So help me God, and by the contents of this Book.

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Incidentally, this oath inspired the Oath of Citizenship of the US.

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Graduation Song: Good Riddance Lyrics

I posted Green Day's Good Riddance a while back so here are the lyrics if you guys are interested in singing along or memorizing them. ^_^

"Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)"

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

So take the photographs, and still frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial
For what it's worth it was worth all the while

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

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Messages in Graduation Speeches

Graduation speeches are the peak of a commencement ceremony. Apart from humorous jokes and famous celebrities coming to your high school and college there are some great lessons to take home and on the journey to higher things. Here's a gist of what famous people have said in their commencement speeches to the graduates.

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“Find what you love.” -- Steve Jobs at Standford University, 2005

“Listen to your heart.” -- Thomas L. Friedman at Williams College, 2005

“Be your own story.” -- Toni Morrison at Wellesley College, 2004

“Fly, Eagle, Fly!” -- Desmond Tutu at Brandeis University, 200

“Learning and respect.” -- Elie Wiesel at DePaul University, 1997

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If you want to read the complete speeches – which I recommend you doing so you can read them at Commencement Speeches from Humanity.org.

Graduation Song: Good Riddance

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One of the best graduation songs that I really like is Good Riddance by Green Day. I managed to find the live version on You Tube -- feast your eyes.




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Did this happen in your graduation?

Graduation ceremonies are the epitome and the reward of what graduation is all about. It is one of the most memorable moments in our lives where it marks the end of our high school years or college years. Sometimes it becomes memorable because of the funny speeches or funny things that happen. Watch this video carefully and you'd understand what a commencement ceremony these guys had.

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