Graduated: Pranesh-5 years- Kindergarten

Last week I received a call from my son-in-law

“Uncle, we are attending ‘Graduation day’ of Pranesh at Mother’s”.

Pranesh is my grand son. His school is called ‘Mother’s Pride’.

I was thoroughly confused! How could it be?

My grand son, Pranesh, is just 5 years old. He is a student of Kindergarten at Mother’s Pride. I could have easily asked somebody, a question, whether a Kindergarten student could receive a certificate of graduation.

We usually associate graduation with degree in university. I felt that I could have asked somebody who knows English better. But my ego did not allow me to ask anybody. I hope that you also would have felt like me.

Then,

What does graduation mean?

I quietly tried books and dictionaries. It is enlightening to have come across so many meanings and usages. Let me share with you some of them.

Graduation – The act or ceremony of getting a degree or certificate after completion of a course in a university, college.

It also includes completion of a course in a school.

GRADUATION MEANS STEP BY STEP.

Examples of usage:

Colleges and universities graduate students.

I graduated from St.Johns College.

Philips graduated in Physics from St.Xaviers College.

In the evening it was my wife’s turn to wonder “How could a school student get graduation?”

I explained to her, as naturally as I could, with a concealed pride. She does not know till this date that I had also been ignorant of this usage till that day.

If you come across any such ‘graduation days’ for children in yourhouse or in their preparatory schools, join the festivities and enjoy.