It helps to remember that graduation is just the end of one step of life and the beginning of another. Many graduates will look back at the number of years they have toiled and thank God that they may it this far. However, some of the graduates will soon forget everything about education and their only contact with knowledge will be through newspapers and magazines. Perhaps, this is why the US Universities use the name commencement instead of graduation. For the difference in the names is revealing. Graduation looks backward, recognizing the work that one has already completed, while commencement looks forward to the adult life that one is now about to step into.
During this time, the graduates will be catching up on who has the hottest job and who is luckiest among the lot. Naturally, if someone hasn’t gotten something to do yet, they begin feeling insecure. It also helps to remember that this is probably the last pocket money that one will get from the parents. If you ask for any money from the parents right now, they will willingly give it to you. However, immediately after the graduation, the parents will have expected that you start sorting yourself out. The unrealistic expectations that many graduates had of working only in blue chip multinational companies will in due course in time are replaced by the need to survive and pay the bills. Therefore, many people actually do not get to choose the first job, they merely pick a job that will help them pay the bills and hopefully make a career out of it.
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