Similarly, education throughout the modernized world seems to follow a similar pattern. At age five or six, one graduates from kindergarten, then at age nine or ten, they graduate from elementary school, at age thirteen or fourteen, they move onto high school, where in four years …show more content…
If they decide to go to college it will most likely be another four years to graduate again. Even a promotion from bagger to cashier at a store could be viewed as a rite of passage. You show promise as a responsible bagger, then you are trained to be a cashier, and later thrown into the work. All three parts, all rites of passage have different meaning levels to each person who experiences them as well. The Bikers who travel ten days across the states are on a rite of passage that is meant to dredge up the past that they had left behind. It is meant to express their inner feelings and put all of their pain into the ride. It’s to show that they are still alive, and that they do not forget those who are not. A personal pilgrimage that they have chosen to take every year. In my own case, I can think of at least ten rites of passage that I have or will experience. Personally, I would like to point out how high school graduation is extremely