did y ou all go to pinning ceremony?

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hey you all,

did you all go to the pinning ceremony? do you think all the grads should go to the pinning ceremony? what was it like?

I didn't attend my LPN pinning/graduation; if I can help it I won't attend my RN one, either. The RN program is on-line for the most part (obviously not clinicals), so it's not like we are this cohesive, tight knit class.

I'm just not a sentimental type of person about this sort of thing. I didn't go to my graduation when I graduated with a BA. I only went to my high school graduation because my parents made me.

It's not like I don't work hard for my degrees and certifications; I work very hard. If someone wants a pinning and graduation to celebrate that, more power to them. I just don't want it or need it. I'm sorry if some members of the class feels slighted that not everyone attends (this came up in our LPN ceremony). That wasn't my intent to show disrespect. Not all of us celebrate life's accomplishments in the same manner.

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Not going.

Mine is in May and I believe I am the only person not going to attend. It just seems silly to me. I will probably meet up with some of my fellow students later.

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Specializes in Level III cardiac/telemetry.

I graduated from my LPN program Jan 31st, the rest of of my class won't be done for 3-5 more months. We're having a pinning ceremony June 28th, closer to when the rest should be done. I have to be honest and say that I don't want to go. I couldn't stand most of my class and by the time we have the pinning ceremony, I hope to be halfway through with my RN bridge program. So, we'll just have to wait and see what the next few months brings.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.
I refuse to spend my graduation night pretending we've all been great friends for four years struggling through this together.

I agree and had no need for the "recognition", lol. It cracked me up to hear the tales of students who were miserable during school shedding tears and hugging each other at the ceremony like it was one big happy family, not.

I had a great dinner out with family and friends.

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Specializes in Pediatrics.

I've been planning on going to my pinning, fantasizing about my kids pinning me-but it's becoming more and more clear that it is in fact a school-orchestrated event and very little is decided by students. I think we have to elect a faculty member to pin us. Plus, we have to shell out tons of money for it.

But I DO feel solidarity with my fellow classmates, and will miss them. We have all grown a lot over the last couple of years, and struggled through a lot of the same uh, buckshot , together. I want to celebrate with them.

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Specializes in ER, Medicine.

No one has really talked about pinning here. I think at the end of school there's just too much stress and burnt out people. I don't know how it's going to go or what's going to happen...

My biggest thing I'm looking forward to is not the pinning ceremony but my graduation ceremony. I've been waiting for 5 years to walk across that stage, cap gown and all.

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Specializes in SDU, Tele, Hospice, Radiology, Education.

I'm not going to bother with graduation, but I will go to pinning. Governor Manchin is going to be speaking (at pinning), I just think that is so cool. My school is not a bad school or anything like that, but usually we get crapped on in favor of another school and the fact that the governor will be at our school and not that one is great! :devil:

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I'm planning on going in May but only because it is pretty much expected. Our instructors told us that they expected to see everyone at the pinning and whether we went to the college graduation was up to us. They said that nursing was losing some of it's traditions and this was an important one. Our class is getting a little out of hand. We were asked to fill out forms with our favorite color,song, movie,etc. I feel like I'm in high school. :rolleyes: I'm sick of school and just want to be done. We are all wearing white scrubs and lighting candles. There is going to be a slide show with our baby pictures and nursing pictures and some clinical pictures. Whatever....I'm over it! I don't enjoy stuff like this but feel that it would be disrespectful not to go since it means alot to others.

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Specializes in mostly in the basement.

We didn't have one. Or maybe I just wasn't invited??? :)

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Specializes in OB.
Our class is getting a little out of hand. We were asked to fill out forms with our favorite color,song, movie,etc. I feel like I'm in high school. :rolleyes: I'm sick of school and just want to be done. /quote]

I hear ya.. add to that, our school does an "Outstanding Student" award as well, which we all had to vote on.. what is this, Junior High popularity contest? Wish they would serve alcohol, then it might be tolerable:idea:

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I should graduate next spring and plan on going to pinning. We have a a pretty good class and I have a group of friends that have all supported each other so far through this process. I have no intention of going to the June graduation ceremony though. If the parents pitch a fit, then I suppose I will go for them.

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I am absolutely going. I worked fulltime through most of this and proved nay sayers wrong. I can't wait. My family is going to be there and I get to celebrate it with all the great friends I met along the way in school. There is drama with the school though on who gets to speak, but I don't care. It will be worth it to me.

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