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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP: Thanks for the feedback! I was thinking the same - gifts for doing something that isn't really an "accomplishment" but more just an educational right of passage seem a bit over the top. But someone I talked with said gifts for 5th and 8th grade graduations are expected so I doubted myself. So...maybe I'll do a card and call it a day or a very small thing. [/quote]

When my DD graduated from 8th grade, I was horrified by what a spectacle it was. They called up EACH kid (thank god it's a small school so only about 100 or so kids in 8th grade) to personally shake their hand and give a diploma. There were people who'd brought their entire extended families - aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc.  And people SCREAMED when their child's name was called.  It disgusted me.

And then I realized.  This kid may have gotten farther in their education than ANYONE ELSE IN THEIR FAMILY.  Or. They may have NO CONFIDENCE that their child will graduate from high school, let alone college, so this could be the only graduation ceremony their kid ever partakes in.

I saw a lot of bouquets of flowers, money leis, flower leis, etc.  [/quote]

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