Your college experience leads eventually to your graduation, a ritual process that ushers you into the "real world" where you are expected to find a job and be a productive member of the larger society. In the model of ritual that Victor Turner describes, what does this entirety of your experience, including the graduation ceremony itself, help to promote?

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According to Victor Turner's model of rites of passage, the end goal of the liminal phase is to achieve communitas - a feeling of community and solidarity with others who have gone through a similar experience. The entirety of the college experience, including the graduation ceremony, helps to promote this sense of communitas among the graduating class as they commemorate and celebrate their shared achievement of completing their education.

Your College Experience Leads Eventually to Your Graduation, a Ritual