transitional graduation effect

A phenomenon where graduations from middle school, high school, and college feel particularly significant as they mark the transition into new life phases. In contrast, kindergarten and primary school graduations are perceived as less impactful, akin to how 2 A.M. is seen as just "in the middle of the night", representing a continuation of childhood rather than a major life milestone.

The transitional graduation effect is clear when you see how excited students are for high school and college ceremonies, while kindergarten graduations feel more like just another step in their childhood journey.

by Emotional Cruiser September 16, 2025

post-graduation blues

Commonly known as post-grad depression, this feeling consists of sadness, anxiety, hopelessness, or emptiness experienced by recent graduates due to the significant life changes and pressures of entering adulthood and the workforce.

After the excitement of graduation wore off, I found myself hit hard by post-graduation blues, feeling lost and anxious about what to do next in life.

by Emotional Cruiser September 23, 2025

Google Graduate

Any person of any gender or race with or without any formal education who relies solely upon Google to provide them with every bit of knowledge they have and even goes as far as to insult others who have themselves a smartphone but ask others what something or or what something means. These same people will use their superior knowledge in which Google has bestowed them with to boast a about themselves all about a lifestyle they promote and will even mock college educated individuals on topics that those individuals went to college for simply because they know more than them based on what Google told them.

Man, you sure gotta love them Google graduates. They sure think they know everything simply because they can type it in on their phone and look it up. Maybe if that was the case trans-women would know more about Klinefelter's Syndrome and would no who they really are.

by ThaDon1988 January 7, 2026

pettys nautical grading system

1. a grading system petty uses to Distinguish special from his fellow cadet
2. (GNPS) special same gets nautical zeros which count as a -115 every time he makes a zero and didnt study for it

1. the class laughed at special sam and his dumb question
2. sam got 2 nautical zeros and failed the course

by GNPS October 21, 2004

Northern Lehigh Graduate

student who spent some years at Northern Lehigh High School and went over to actually really graduate at Northampton Area Senior High School. Students that seemingly express graduation out of honesty and dignity are considered actual, nonfourged graduates. Opposed to a fourged Northern Lehigh Graduate is one who went through with, the fake northern lehigh, they whom stole their name from Walnutport, Northampton County, Never Lacking self discipline, never minority, never behave ravagely and willl not expose themself to acts of obaminableness in the world becoming as opposed to northern lehigh. Pennsylvanians

The Northern Lehigh Graduates include, Tyler Benzaro, katie smithfield, Ashley Keeds, Carmen Neidsro, Courtny Mitka, Tiffany houser, Catherine Gouzzy and Philip Rengerdo.

The Northern Lehigh Graduates saved the meaning of Graduate for Northern Lehigh through completing all years in school fair and proper..

by valleygirlmuatoday May 23, 2010

go for the grades

1. the desire to get the best possible grades by choosing classes that are very easy for you

2. the desire to get a good education by spending a lot of time to obtain a very deep knowledge of subject being studied

for #1
We have advised my younger daughter to select her high school courses based on the highest level for which she can easily receive an A or B. I always believed that challenging yourself meant taking any class in which you were interested and giving it your best shot. However, there is no reward if you try and fail. So sadly, I want my younger daughter to "go for the grades" rather than challenging herself and stretching to learn more. It seems that the higher GPA will open doors to more colleges and also to more merit-based aid to be able to afford the colleges.

for #2
(from S. Covey book) the P/PC balance balances going for the grade and paying the price to get an education

by AK.69 May 27, 2012

Held at gradepoint

In academia, to be forced to do something (usually cruel and unusual) while being threatened to suffer a reduced gpa upon failure to comply, in a similar fashion to being held at gunpoint.

I’m being held at gradepoint to rewrite the entire report because professor Smith decided to be a cunt to just me in particular.

by tomdrug February 14, 2019