I think commencement is important. I think in American society, we don't have that many traditions or celebrations, and this is one that we still have.

I'm sure we can all say that during our college years we change a great deal, and commencement is a recognition of that. Even the term 'commencement' - it means beginning, and yet we're ending. But it really focuses on how you're beginning a new stage in your life.

عادات الأسرة وتقاليد المجتمع والمزاج العام لبلدك .. كلها أقفاص صنعناها لأنفسنا .. واحطناها بالإحترام والقداسة .. والخروج عليهت هو تحطيم للسلاسل النبيلة والأغلال الشريفة التى تربطنا معا .. وإذا خرجنا عنها ابتعد الناس عنا .. فلا نملك إلا أن نعود إليها كارهين

Radical Chic, after all, is only radical in Style; in its heart it is part of Society and its traditions - Politics, like Rock, Pop, and Camp, has its uses.

Successfully functioning in a society with diverse values, traditions and lifestyles requires us to have a relationship to our own reactions rather than be captive of them. To resist our tendencies to make right or true, that which is nearly familiar, and wrong or false, that which is only strange.

Tradition simply means that we need to end what began well and continue what is worth continuing