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child isn't keen on attending Bsc Graduation, thoughts please?

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Offtheygo · 02/07/2026 11:43

Hello,
my son isn't keen on attending his graduation, in a couple of weeks.

Nothing particularly wrong more like a can't be asked/not interested. He has had a great time while there, but all his friends are/were on other courses so not graduating at the same time,
he is expecting a first or a 2:1 but hasn't been at uni that often due to low contact hours so I don't think he feels particularly attached/grateful or connected to it especially now that he has moved back home, he is looking towards his next steps.
He is intending to do a master's while living at home from septembre so I guess there is another opportunity for graduation.

He is not big into pictures and ceremony generally.

We are not British and havent' been educated here so I guess I wondering if everyone actually attends and/or has anyone not attended theirs and regretted it ?

It's an overnight trip with hotel booking due to early start of the ceremony and distance which adds to the reluctance, as he doesn't feel it's worth the cost/time etc

thank you for your thoughts.

OP posts:
FlapperFlamingo · Yesterday 13:26

He doesn’t need to go - just make sure he gets the certificate and stores it carefully. I’d take him out for a meal and give him a card and present, but if he’s not fussed about the ceremony no big deal.

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