Ah, the joys of springtime.  Beautiful weather, the first robin, Father’s Day and graduation.

But wait.  Graduation.  What comes with that?

Well, graduation speeches.  And, what comes with graduation speeches?

This:

“And, so I say to you, my fellow classmates . . .”

I actually heard those words at least three times today.

“Fellow classmates”?

I’m thinking, “classmates,” all by itself, does the job very nicely.

And, don’t blame the graduates.  After all, how many times have you heard “fellow co-workers”?  Not to mention, “fellow teammates”?