What’s your plan on middle school promotion day?

[Anonymous]

We aren't included in the 8th grade promotion so we'll do something nice for our child - dinner and a gift.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DH and I will get up around 5:45am to blow up balloons to surprise DS. We'll be tired, because we will have stayed up super late the night before to assemble and wrap all the gifts.

Starbucks on the way to school. Door Dash delivery of DS's favorite Chipotle burrito bowl for lunch, and then the limo we ordered to take us to the ceremony and the dinner that night will pick him up from school. My makeup lady is coming to meet us at home so we look nice for the photos, which we'll do right before we head out.

Ceremony is at 6, so we'll be done with that and on to dinner at Pineapple and Pearls at 8.

I think we'll all sleep well, especially DS after his long day and celebratory glass of champagne at dinner, now that he's a real man. High school, wow! Am I right!?!?!?

Nice satire, but there are working class immigrant parents who go all out for eighth grade promotion. Sometimes resulting in considerable financial stress because the expectation is new fancy clothing for the whole family, arrival in a limo, and a big party afterwards. It’s usually a sign of few HS grads in the family or community. Many schools have tried to calm all of this down and encourage saving the hoopla for HS graduation.

Oh, calm down. I work with first gen college students. Yes, there is a different type of hoopla, but limos for 8th grade graduation are not typical. The satire is clearly about suburban wine moms.

I’ve taught at multiple high FARMs middle schools where I’ve seen the boys in suits and girls in long pastel satin dresses arriving in limos. For some communities, it’s the thing to do. First gen college students are high school grads. They might be the first to matriculate at college, but may not be the first to get a high school diploma. Many of the families I taught had no high school grads and often few members —if any, who finished 8th grad.