That’s so cute 
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My daughter is currently sitting her final exams and the graduation ceremony will be in July, so I haven’t really given it much thought yet.
@redhada is right about UK ceremonies, which are very formal, private and often take place in cathedrals or suchlike. It’s much more of a traditional and official ceremony than the USA way of celebrating a huge achievement, which is a shame.
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Oh I see. It sounds really British haha.
I think I’m getting the historical picture here and where those traditions come from.
My guess: the USA took your way to celebrate graduations from the Universities you guys stablished there, mainly from Harvard. Then the States changed their traditions along the 20th century. So, they’re different, but took the ceremony tradition from you.
Spain, stablished the first 3 Universities America. All of them under the Caribbean (Mexico, Lima and Santo Domingo), none of them in Nueva España, North America. There, only Colleges such as Colegio de la Santa Cruz in Texas and Missions such Los Álamos. So it clearly seems it was the UK who stablished the academic way of life.
Sorry for the History dissertation 
but this stired my History curiosity and I’ve been reading a bit about our legacies during the more than 3 centuries we were there. Very interesting, if you feel like the reading… 
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Last year I crocheted some little graduation caps for my niece and for my son’s best friend from elementary school, they both graduated, which is 2-3 years of school after you has finished elementary school.
I attached the caps to a LEGO rose. Unfortunately I don’t have any pictures.
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Made these adorable ref magnets as a special graduation gift for my client’s daughter’s classmates.
A simple keepsake to remember their sweet Kindergarten memories and friendship forever.
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Very interesting read. Its unfortunate that Spain is often portrayed as the villain in historical articles.
I was amazed to learn that the first degree granting university in the world was founded in Morocco in 859 CE. Even more amazing is the fact that it was founded by a woman as a mosque. Can you imagine an Islamic woman even trying to do that today? 
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Hello @redhada, yes, I confirm, I am not from Puerto Rico, I am from the Dominican Republic. In our Latin countries, we do have graduation celebrations, we make birthday-type decorations with dessert tables and all those things. Many do photo sessions with balloons and other things like weddings or quinceañeras. It’s something similar to the United States. The celebrations on this side are very significant and we do it big, whatever the celebration may be!
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Oh yes, I can imagine that, as berebers are still represented by saharians from RASD, they are muslims and have a strong women political presence and a huge rol in education too. Have you ever been to the shelter camps in Argel? Those women are strong! 
We’re going a bit off topic but it is all a very interesting topic 
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That reminds me of the movie One Day. I remember there was a graduation scene filmed at the University of Edinburgh, and the ceremony took place in a church-like hall. It really gave that formal and traditional graduation feeling. 
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You did a great job with them.
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I haven’t heard of that movie but I’m sure the graduation scene would have been realistic.
Edinburgh is a very traditional British university and is ranked among the top 30 in the world. .
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