NotSpaghetti
Mattsmum2 ..
There is almost nothing so dull as a graduation ceremony!
I can see why she's not keen!
Me too! The only interesting bit among all the tedium is when your own child appears.
When dd1 did her MA she became very friendly with a young Japanese chap who stayed with us for while, for job interviews in London.
His parents came later from Japan, for the graduation. When we met them his mother said, ‘Thank you so much for having our son to stay!’
I started to reply with ‘He was very welcome,’ etc. - only for the son in question to tell me that his mother knew not a word of English - she’d learnt it parrot-fashion to say to us!
Respect! Not to mention 👏👏!
And sitting through all that tedium of which you understand not a word - for the 10 seconds when your son appears!