Diploma: The Many Names of the Diploma
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This is the sad truth with regards to a significant majority of today's graduates, especially in many Third World nations. Nevertheless, the diploma still has its own purposes in a graduation ceremony.
A diploma is a piece of document or certificate that an educational institution awards to a graduating individual, testifying that the recipient has successfully passed all the requirements of a particular program of study. In some countries around the world, the diploma is instead referred to as the testimonium or testamur, meaning "we testify" or "certify", the word or words with which diplomas always begin with.
In Ireland, the parchment is the equivalent of the diploma. Diplomas were not always made of paper. At the time when diplomas were first implemented, these documents were actually made out of sheepskin. The sheepskin was passed through a special manufacturing process that flattened it and made it paper thin. The information on the diploma was then written by hand prior to the graduation ceremony. Eventually, parchment replaced the sheepskin as the primary material for making diplomas, and, later still; institutions began to bind them in leather.
During its sheepskin days, the diploma was a very big piece of document. Fortunately, it is reduced to the size of a typical bond paper, making it easier for students to frame their latest feat. Though the word diploma is represented in many ways, it still signifies one thing and that is educational achievement.
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