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LostOne4Ever

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3. Its a religious ceremony

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 01:26 PM

Oct 2013

Its a religious ceremony presided over by a priest (catholic priest at mine) to invoke god to guide the class into the future.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baccalaureate_service

It was mandatory when I went (class of 2001). The state made it volutary when my brother graduated 6 years later (class of 2007)

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Please Stop Assuming All Blacks Are Christian [View all] cleanhippie Oct 2013 OP

I think it would be more correct to say LostOne4Ever Oct 2013 #1

What is the baccalaureate in Texas? muriel_volestrangler Oct 2013 #2

Its a religious ceremony LostOne4Ever Oct 2013 #3

It would be a very bad assumption in Nigeria, which is 50/50 Muslim/Christian, which proves to be dimbear Oct 2013 #4