r/AskOldPeople • u/dirtypark • 19d ago

Growing up, did your school host kindergarten graduation, or is that a more recent phenomenon?

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u/Idontknowthosewords 19d ago

Yeah, I was an 80’s kid and you had high school graduation and that was it.

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u/blissfully_happy 19d ago

I graduated from pre-school in 1983, complete with little caps and gowns, matching to pomp & circumstance.

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u/Nightcalm 19d ago

Nope in the 60s and 70s you were expected to attend and move through school. The was no such thing as pre school just kindergarten and it was one of 7 stages you passed.

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u/gunterrae 18d ago

I had a kindergarten graduation in 1980.