With or without the sun, summertime is in full swing, at least by my standards. My kids are out of school, the barbecues are being fired up, and the beach is beckoning more and more every day.
Like so many others last week, my family endured a series of graduation ceremonies, though I was reminded that most of what I attended were called "promotions." That’s the official term for end-of-term honors when it involves a 6th-grader like my daughter (who’s now done with Foothill School , en route to La Colina Junior High ) or an 8th-grader like my son (done with La Colina Junior High, on the way to Dos Pueblos High’s Engineering Academy ).
Only high school and college exits count as graduations now, apparently. I understand the distinction — everything through high school graduation is actually mandatory — but I must have missed that vocabulary memo. Do we call these lesser non-grads "promotees"?
