I believe this to be the opposite. With the digital age, any knowledge can be at your fingertips. Back then people had to rely on certain books to understand a topic, for example the Encyclopedia. My mother has A-Z books in a box somewhere. Those information will be heavily outdated as modern information try to be updated when new information is present.
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I believe if you graduate middle school you will most likely get an email because you only graduate middle school. But I believe it's a little bit different for high school. So you can get an email but they should give you a robe and every thing and invite you to a graduated related location. If not then you are most likely to receive your diplomas or what ever in the mail.
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