I have a previous degree, so going to some special occasion AND graduation is not something I'm interested in. I just want to go to graduation to get up on stage, grab my fake diploma, and walk away! lol
Apparently I'm the only one (that I know of at the moment) who's not going to the pinning ceremony. The teacher was all disappointed and thought I wasn't going because I'm going on vacation or something instead. I said, "No, I just don't care." She was saying how special it is and how I should go because I worked so hard. Yes, I HAVE worked so hard. And that is why I'm going to graduation and not wasting my time to walk around holding a lantern, get pinned, and watch everybody's silly pictures and paragraphs about themselves on some slide show. The whole thing seems way too cheesy for me. HAHHA. I told my non-classmate friends about it, and they totally agree with me.
Specializes in neuro, ortho, peds, home, home cardiac.
Many years ago, I was a newly-minted professional nurse who also had previously earned a baccalaureate degree in another academic discipline. I had no interest in attending my college graduation, to be held the day after the pinning ceremony. Nothing, however, could have kept me from my class' pinning ceremony, which was at least as important to me as my graduation several years before had been. I don't have enough information from your posting to make this assumption, but I'm hoping that you don't view your nursing education as "vocational training". That would be a detriment to your nursing practice, and a loss to both you and your patients.
If you already have a previous degree why is walking across a stage to receive a blank piece of paper so important to you? The pinning ceremony is a time to celebrate with your fellow nurses, and to celebrate what you have accomplished.
I have a previous degree, and the last thing I want to do (or make my friends/family do) is sit through a boring commencement ceremony AGAIN. The pinning ceremony is a special occasion for every nurse and I think it is something you should reconsider.
I cant believe you had to call your instructors "Miss" or "Mr". you are training to be their colleague. At my school everyone went by their first names
I didn't go to the pinning either...I was so tired of calling these nursing instructors Mrs. this, Mrs. that, ( I was older than all of them) I couldn't see my self going and uttering those salutations another time...we worked our butts, we wiped butts..I just couldn't kiss any more butts.
I so agree with you! The Mrs etc is awfully old, but I think at graduation I will call them by their first names, simply because I can. I don't mind going to pinning, but getting all excited over class song, class motto etc.... well, I'm a little past all that.
I dont care how many degrees i attain, each are unique with different real life issues and circumstances, trials and tests that i had to surpass. WHEN i graduate from nursing i will be doing the whole shabang! lol if they have a nurse KOOMBAAYAA moment around a camp fire ill be singing right along. its a moment you cant take back so why not add that to the list of good moments in your life. For me i have many bad moments so to have a another good one under my belt is worth the few uncomfortable hours listening to other graduates ive never meant and to accept that cheesy pin with fellow classmates that i worked hard with and suffered with. The slideshows that ill only have to look at one time among the classmates i shared 2years of my time with. I guess in that aspect im more sentimental. An extra 100 dollars is worth a lifetime of memories.. besides something tells me that 100 bucks youll get back in a VERY SHORT amount of time =) but to each their own... congratulations on your success and i wish much more exponentially in your lifetime! you grads give upcoming grads like me hope and insight and for that i thank you
I'm probably a no-go on graduation and pinning. Graduating with about 1000 other students from different majors doesn't hold much appeal for me. As for the pinning, wearing all white and holding a candle is a little too cheesy for me. Our graduation and pinning is on Mother's Day weekend, so me and my wife will probably be out of town visiting my side of the family, cooking out, and celebrating the end of this ordeal.
To be honest, that whole production is what's keeping me going with this craziness. It's my first degree and I am damn proud of my friends and I for making it this far. I can't wait to put on that nursing cap, get my photo taken so they can hang it on the wall with the rest of my class and show my friends and family what I've been doing the past 2 years. :) Cannot wait.
I like the feeling of closure and the start of the next adventure in my life.
I really liked pinning that pin on a friend and former student who is now a colleague.
Several years ago I finished my masters. Took 5 years but I did it. My daughter also completed her Bachelor's, and we graduated together. The Master's students were seated in front of the Bachelor's section, so I had a great view up close of when my daughter walked across the stage and stood up and whooped and hollered and nearly broke my mortar board!
You get out of ceremonies what you put into them. If this means nothing to you, then by all means skip it. But it is a time to come together, to finish, to say thank you and goodbye (or just goodbye :) ). It allows your family and friends to share in a time of passage and achievement. Besides, parties are fun! There is also a sense of continuity, I happen to think nursing is a special profession, and I celebrate the guts and determination that the women who used that "silly lamp" had, and what they went through to make nursing a profession instead of a fall back low level and illrespected thing to do.
Well stated. It's not about a lamp, a piece of paper or a pin. Why would anyone think that? Just a time to celebrate what we worked so hard for with friends, family or mentors. I was a bit taken aback that we have to plan and pay for ours in full, but such is life. It will still be worth it. People sound so bitter and jaded or maybe too cool for school? Rebels without a cause? - This will be my 4th college degree next year and I would never see it as just a piece of paper to throw in a drawer. It's what that paper represents that is important and it never gets old achieving a huge goal - I hope those embittered aren't the ones that end up being my nurse in my old age =) Also, I agree about the networking point - seriously, don't burn bridges and have a 'tude just because you can.
I didn't want to go to pinning either. Frankly, I don't care about "Flo" or lamps or pins. I chose nursing for practical reasons..it's been 5 years and I am very happy as an RN, and not ashamed to admit that my "calling" comes from my nyc landlord!
HalfmoonMaggieRN
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Many years ago, I was a newly-minted professional nurse who also had previously earned a baccalaureate degree in another academic discipline. I had no interest in attending my college graduation, to be held the day after the pinning ceremony. Nothing, however, could have kept me from my class' pinning ceremony, which was at least as important to me as my graduation several years before had been. I don't have enough information from your posting to make this assumption, but I'm hoping that you don't view your nursing education as "vocational training". That would be a detriment to your nursing practice, and a loss to both you and your patients.