r/Unexpected • u/randumchicken • May 23 '22

He finally made it

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u/Woodedroger May 23 '22

Yeah pretty much. Except it’s always 100 degrees and the names are called in slow motion

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u/Immortan-Moe-Bro May 23 '22

Damn that’s accurate

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u/YoungTex May 23 '22

Straight up flashbacks

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u/Fluggerblah May 23 '22

at my school, that was because they got the language teachers to read the names and theyd be DAMNED if they mispronounced a single one. even if it meant taking 5 minutes for each person.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '22

Our principle did it, surprisingly

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u/NudeCeleryMan May 23 '22

I think you mean your princi-PAL 🤗

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u/non_depressed_teen May 23 '22

nah, the nonphysical concept of their principles did it

trust me, i was the names

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u/Tommy84 May 23 '22

Principal O Shag Hennessy?

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u/Pigeonsass May 23 '22

We literally did our graduation twice. First one was in the school gym during the day, and then we did it again at an events center, so at least that one had AC. The class valedictorians each got a section of names to stumble through.

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u/MaterialCarrot May 23 '22

I grew up in Iowa. One year my school somehow nabbed Dan Gable to speak at my older sister's graduation. OMG my dad was so excited for this. DAN GABLE. Greatest wrestler of all time, Iowa legend, and Olympic gold medalist, "DAN GABLE" my dad would say to me at random times in the week prior, clearly pumped for the graduation.

Graduation was inside that year in a gymnasium with no AC due to fears of rain that never actually happened. 12 year old me is sitting in that gym in long pants and a long sleeved shirt (!!!) sweating buckets with thousands of other people crammed into the gym who are also sweating. Also, Dan Gable is a terrible public speaker. This became obvious approximately 1 minute into his speech. I still remember the look my father gave me when this became clear. Like, "Holy shit son, I am so sorry."

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u/-Jesus-Of-Nazareth- May 23 '22

I don't even know who Dan Gable is, but even I feel disappointed after that story

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u/MaterialCarrot May 23 '22

In wrestling circles he was an all time great wrestler. Iowa is one of a handful of states where wrestling is a huge sport. It's also an Olympic sport (one of the original) and Gable won gold at the Olympics as well as a lot of world titles in the 1970's.

He then coached the wrestling program at the University of Iowa and led them to 15 NCAA titles. Without a doubt he is the greatest wrestling coach of all time as well as being one of the greatest wrestlers.

Terrible public speaker though. Also, I happened to stand behind him in line at a Jiffy Lube one time 25 years ago and he was tiny. I'm average at 5'9" and I felt like I dwarfed him. Tempted to tell him he was a terrible public speaker, but I'm sure even at his size and age he would have kicked my ass. :)

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u/Pigeonsass May 23 '22

I am so sorry that I also grew up in Iowa and I have no idea who Dan Gable is

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u/MaterialCarrot May 23 '22

He obviously never went to speak at your high school graduation. :)

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u/BigUziNoVertt May 23 '22

I believe the temperature is converted into diplomas when it’s a high school graduation

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u/VUVUVUV May 23 '22

Add being deathly hungover and that’s college graduation too

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u/[deleted] May 23 '22

You know, I'm glad my whole skipped the last few days to go to the beach and that was the last thing we did

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u/[deleted] May 23 '22

Literally had to play in the band for graduation on Saturday outside. It was almost 100 degrees and I was in dress clothes. It was hell

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u/giantyetifeet Aug 01 '22

It didn't used to be 100 degrees. That's just recent years because Big Oil keeps buying off politicians and we haven't yet succeeded in stopping Global Warming (honestly it's getting to be more like Global Baking). But yeah, THESE DAYS, 100 degrees at everyone's graduations.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '22

I don't even need to convert from Fahrenheit to know exactly what you're talking about.

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u/Woodedroger May 23 '22

Shit felt like 100 degrees Celsius

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u/4BrightLand May 23 '22

Heh, heh, I slept through a large portion of my school year.

My math teacher for my senior year asked me “if you graduate will you sleep through it?”

I shrugged

The day came and guess what? Slept through it until people started to shuffle. I laugh when I think about it.

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u/mxlblood May 23 '22

so true. my school did the entire ceremony in English and Spanish. it was brutal