I never really understood this tradition, and for whatever reason I wasn't all that excited to graduate from either high school and college. So I didn't throw my graduation cap into the air during either graduation. I think I threw it away at some point later that day...
Did you toss your cap into the air during graduation? Were you excited when you graduated from high school and/or college?
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
Nope. We were told not to. Some people did anyways, but I didn't want to lose mine!
pomegranate / 3388 posts
I remember our high school graduation caps came with a disclaimer from the company that you could injure yourself or others by tossing your cap in the air 
Anyways, I didn't toss mine at either graduation b/c I wanted to hold onto it...
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@mediagirl: @skibobrown: Do you guys still have your caps?
pomegranate / 3388 posts
Yes... I think I have my college one in a box of memorabilia in my condo, and I'm pretty sure my high school cap is at my parents' house in my closest. On second thought, I might have just saved the tassels. I'll have to go look...
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
We didn't have caps in high school. We did in college but I can't remember if we tossed it or not, oh dear ....
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
@mrbee: yup! It's in a tub with a few other mementos I want to keep around.
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
I didn't. For high school I wore my brother's hand me down hat so I didn't have to buy my own. It was a little different from the others, so I didn't want to lose it.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
No, because I didn't want to lose it. I don't think anyone did during my college graduation.
honeydew / 7504 posts
No, we weren't allowed to. I wouldn't have, anyway, because I wouldn't have wanted to lose it. I still have all 3 of mine - high school, undergraduate, and graduate. They're in a box with a bunch of other memorabilia.
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
I did in HS and like other posters, it came with a "warning/disclosure". Too funny. I tossed mine straight up and not too high so that I could easily retrieve it for pictures after the ceremony. I don't think I did in college.
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
Yes to both, but I just tossed it very softly and then caught it again.
papaya / 10560 posts
I think I did in HS. When I graduated with a B.A., I didn't even walk, I just went and picked up my diploma and had a party with friends. When I got my Master's, I did walk, but no one really throws their cap--it was all masters and ph.d candidates.
cantaloupe / 6730 posts
Nope. It was pinned to my hair and I wouldn't have wanted to lose it, anyways.
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
I didn't go to my high school OR university graduation. But I wouldn't throw it up in the air...
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
I did for high school. I was hoping to see which cap I got when it came down but then I got my somehow managed to catch my own.
I don't think we did it for college graduation.
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