Yeah it is true, self-proclaimed Jesus and rapper
Kanye West is one of the latest celebrities that
has been awarded an honorary doctoral degree.
The modern art enthusiast (who knew) was
awarded a Ph.D from the Art Institute of Chicago.
After his famous album “The College Dropout” he
already hinted at eventually achieving a college
degree with is successive album, “Graduation”.
Now reality has surpassed predict, as Yeezy has
become a Doctor in Art. A good
educational foundation for his
plan to run for president
of the United States of
Let’s dive into the roots of a famous graduation tradition
that
America in 2020. #VOTEDR.WEST.
started in the USA and has since moderately expanded overseas
to Europe and the Netherlands. I am talking about the tradition
of throwing the “mortarboard”, A.K.A. that square graduation cap
with a string on the top, high in the sky after students receive
their certificates. This tradition finds its origin in the USA Navy in
1912, at the U.S. Naval Academy’s graduation. For the first time the
Navy gave the newly commissioned graduates their Officers’ hats
at graduation, so they no longer needed the Midshipmen’s caps
they had been wearing for the past four years of their education. To
show how pleased they were, the newly promoted officers tossed
their old headgear up in the air. Students from other studies heard
about this tradition and quickly followed suit.
Bonus fact: Health and Safety Initiatives of Universities are putting
bans on this tradition, because of the supplementary danger of
falling caps with sharp edges, stating they will “Photoshop the caps
in later”. If they are willing to go this far, can they also photoshop
Jennifer Aniston by my side as my graduation date please and
thank you?
We jump fro m one of the most remarkable degrees to
two of the most impressive degrees. One attained by a
man going by the name Leo Plasse. Plasse, at age 99, is
the oldest known recipient who has obtained a General
Educational Development (GED) degree. Strikingly, Plasse
dropped out of college in 1932 when he was just 20, to
pursue a career in the logging industry. 79 Years later, the
Oregon resident finished what he started and received
an Associates degree from Eastern Oregon University.
You’re never too old to learn, right?
On the other side of the spectrum we have Michael
Kearney, who is the youngest known high school and
college graduate. Kearney, currently 33 years old, finished
a homeschool high school programme at age 6 and at age
10 he earned a bachelor’s degree. I am positive
he will soon be president of the intergalactic
Universes and beyond.
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