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This is a picture of my closest group of friends. We call ourselves the nerd herd. This was taken during graduation while we were all waiting in the gym to walk to the field to start the ceremony. This picture makes me question the origins of the graduation ceremony. Graduation ceremonies have been going on for 800+ years starting back in the 12th century when universities were established. Caps and gowns are the official attire of scholars. This is because in the 12th century when they were established the universities didn't have heating systems so the graduates had to try to keep warm during the ceremony. They adopted the long gowns for this reason. The hats became more popular on about the 15th century and symbolize intelligence. The throwing of the caps became popular in 1912 after the Naval academy started the trend. They were the ones to start this because when they graduate they receive their officer hats so the hats they were wearing before no longer have any use to them so they tossed them into the air. This tradition continued on to symbolize the end of a chapter in a persons life. On the cap there is a tassel. Until about 40-50 years ago this was just seen as a decorative piece but now we have a tradition of moving the tassel over to the other side to symbolize the transition from student to graduate. In conclusion, the traditions that are found during graduation ceremonies originated in the 12th century and have evolved and changed slightly over time. I think that these traditions will stick around for a while and they will be respected and help people feel like their graduation days are special.

http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/graduation/grad-history.shtml

http://cnynews.com/graduation-ceremony-traditions-and-history/

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Practium 2

Therapy is a term that is used quite often in recent times because it has slowly become socially acceptable to have a mental illness. Unlike in the olden times where people were burned at the stake for having schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Therapy has now evolved from that time and is know literally now as  the treatment of physical or mental illnesses. This can be seen as a sort of mending of the mind. Like placing a bandaid on the brain so that the scrape will heal faster.

Ancient Greece had a type of therapy called milieu therapy. They would take people out of their old environment and place them into a calmer more simple place so they could heal. When they were better they would be brought back to their old environment to continue on with their lives. This type of therapy is a lot like the type of therapy used today. Today Psychologists take about an hour or two out of a persons week to take them out of their old environment and make sure that they understand what is going on. This strategy allows for the modern person to have a short break from their hectic world. This short break is like a vacation from the stress they experience everyday.

Even after they leave the office a person can continue to feel stressed as their hectic life takes back over. This can be solved by the recent development of drug use in psychology. This use of drugs as a form of therapy is both good and bad. It can help people but it can also lead to other problems like addiction.

To sum it up, Therapy is a term used to describe how peoples minds can be mended like placing a bandaid on a wound. This term came from Ancient Greece and has evolved and developed since then. It can be interpreted as a bad thing but overall someone that is going through therapy is doing good for them. They are choosing to see the good in themselves and grow from that.