I had a graduation ceremony on Wednesday, a "last goodbye" to my alma mater Czech technical university (CVUT). I got a brand new shiny diploma that allows me to use academic title "inzenyr" (engineer). Ceremony took a place in Betlemska kaple, an ancient chapel tied to Czech history. Rector of our university stared his allocution: "In 18th century..." so it seemed that his speech will last at least two days
Atmosphere of ceremony was superb, cameras were flashing, grandparents had tears in their eyes, parents were proud of their children,...