Brilio.net - In Indonesia, graduation is often celebrated by wearing a sash bearing an academic degree. This is often done when a student has finished their final trial. This tradition is a symbol of achievement and gives a sense of pride to graduates. It will also be an important moment immortalized in photos with family and friends.
However, because of its popularity, the graduation moment is also currently felt by kindergarten, elementary, middle and high school graduates. Likewise with the sash tradition. There was one high school graduate who adopted that culture. The story can be seen in a TikTok video posted by the account @slvyds_.
photo: TikTok/@slvyds_
Previously he shared his preparation process for carrying out a super complicated high school graduation. One of them is looking for clothes, shoes and even ordering a name sash. He continued to wear it on graduation day
High school graduates usually do not have an academic degree. So the sash should only be written with the name. However, unlike this woman, she wrote the word MIPA at the end of her name.
After further investigation, it turns out that Mathematics and Natural Sciences was his major while he was in high school. MIPA is an abbreviation of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. He proudly wore the sash as if he had achieved an academic degree. He exhibited several photos on social media.
photo: TikTok/@slvyds_
Then many people disagreed with his actions and ended up being criticized by netizens. For some people, academic degrees should not be played with like this woman did. Therefore, it would be better if he only used his name on the sash.
"He hasn't experienced the ups and downs of pursuing a bachelor's degree, even the matter of having a degree sash has its own merits. Yes, it's normal for college students to get angry. To reach the point of a toga and a degree it takes years and you can't just wear it carelessly," wrote one netizen.
photo: TikTok/@slvyds_
Because she received criticism, the woman then made a clarification. In his explanation, wearing a toga at graduation is currently commonplace. He just followed what many people did.
"As far as I know, the toga has always been worn by not only undergraduates. For example, kindergarteners already wear togas when they graduate, and middle school also wears a toga. Then high school also wears a toga. As far as I know, that's been the case for a long time, so what's the problem?" said the woman.
He also rejected criticism about wearing a sash to high school graduation. For him, this happens often and there is no law that regulates it. For him, there are also many graduates who wear sashes but don't have their degrees written on them.
"Searching on the internet, there are lots of people wearing sashes like that. There's no law for that. And there are no regulations," said the woman.
"The best graduate or the best wife graduate and many others, right? Where is there without mentioning a bachelor's degree," he added.
photo: TikTok/@slvyds_
Apart from that, the woman explained why she had to write a MIPA degree. for him, it was a common major offered by high school. He used it because he joined several other friends. The woman also admitted that she did not know that MIPA was a sacred degree in the undergraduate field.
"As far as I know, MIPA is one of the majors commonly offered in high schools, where the MIPA major focuses on mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology and if MIPA is a sacred degree in undergraduate studies, I apologize for the inconvenience," said the woman. .
After receiving criticism from many netizens because of his controversial post, many people re-uploaded it. Netizens made videos comparing their graduations when they went to college.