Pinning Ceremonies?

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My wife is finishing up her RN and it was announced that there is no real pinning ceremony, only a class graduation.  Pins will be placed on their sash by the instructors prior to the ceremony.

When I graduated, pinning was it's own ceremony and it was an emotional event, with students choosing who would pin them, my wife pinned me (she was an LPN at the time).  My wife and I are obviously quite irritated by this as we've been looking forward to me pinning her for years.  The class told the instructors they wanted a true ceremony and they were told no.  

So all this leads me to ask.  Are formal pinning ceremonies the norm or rare?  Are we upset about something that doesn't happen most places?

 

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