You Can Lead Them to Water....

So, this weekend my family was celebrating the college graduation of my aunt from George Fox University. She has spent the past 35 years taking college credits here and there and has finally worked her way through the remaining slog of credits for her bachelor's degree.

It is a really big deal and a large group of the family showed up at her ceremony to celebrate this amazing achievement.

:::cheering for Teresa!!!:::

Of course, like any small university, the graduation ceremony consisted of the every graduate's name being read out. Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral. When we got to the doctoral graduates they of course take a little longer because of the hooding ceremony.

Now, I remembered when my sister got her Masters hood and I leaned over and whispered to my mom.

Me: "So, what happens to the Masters hood when you get a PhD hood?

Mom: "I don't know..."

Me: "What, the Masters hood is just useless now?"

Mom: :::shrug:::

Mom: "What is the difference between the Masters hood and the PhD hood anyway?"

Me: :::flipping through program:::

Me: (reading directly from the program): "This says the Masters hood is three and a half feet long, and that the PhD hood is four feet long."

:::pause:::

Me: "I guess six inches does make a difference..."

:::my mom dissolving into a fit of hysterics that resulted in both of us needing Kleenx:::