Ben's Graduation

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When does Ben graduate from high school?
Most of season 5 does not have Ben, Jim Bob, or Elizabeth going to school so it is kind of hard to tell. In season 6 the episode "the Recluse" Ben tells the used car salesman that he has graduated high school and was wanting to work full time for him. So, is there an episode that is very specific to his graduation?

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Hi Carol, I don't believe that there is an episode centered around Ben's HS graduation, nor for Jason, Mary Ellen or Elizabeth (I believe Elizabeth was still in school at the end of the series). The HS graduations that I remember were for John Boy, Erin and Jim Bob. Then there was also Mary Ellen's graduation from nursing school.

[dfnmeows44]

Yes at the beginning of The Diploma episode Ben is told that his file is in perfect order. This means he
graduated prior to this episode---however in an interesting sideline eight days before this episode was
initially seen Eric Scott appeared on the ABC Afterschool Special Which Mother is Mine ---and in this
episode he is definitely still in high school! However we must remember that Eric is an actor who was
playing two distinct parts!!!

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Jul 30, 2009 15:56:38 GMT -5 dfnmeows44 said:

However we must remember that Eric is an actor who was
playing two distinct parts!!!

LOL!!!

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I thought that the Diploma was about John Walton, not Ben. There is a mention of Ben graduating first in his class of six students in the episode where Ben returns from war and wants to become an engineer.

[hannah92191]

Actually I'm pretty sure Ben was 3rd in his class. I just saw the episode where Ben wants to be an engineer and he and Cindy are talking to Cindy's father. Cindy says "Ben was 3rd in his class" and Ben says "There were only 6 people in my class!"
Third isn't very impressive then, I suppose.

[wendy]

Thanks, Hannah, for jogging my memory.

Now, I remember the episode you are referring to where Cindy and Ben were talking to Cindy's father about Ben's ambition to become an engineer. It was after Ben had come home from WWII.

I think Cindy said that Ben had graduated 3rd in his class. Ben clarified that there had been only 6 students in his class.

Now, I'm certain that Ben graduated high school. Thanks, Hannah!

[Tracey]

Jul 27, 2009 14:43:31 GMT -5 @tankeryanker said:

When does Ben graduate from high school?
Most of season 5 does not have Ben, Jim Bob, or Elizabeth going to school so it is kind of hard to tell. In season 6 the episode "the Recluse" Ben tells the used car salesman that he has graduated high school and was wanting to work full time for him. So, is there an episode that is very specific to his graduation?

In Season 6 in "The Recluse" Ben had just graduated from high school when he left Walton's Mountain to Norfolk and work for Peyton shipyards. Mr. Jarvis closes the used car lot for more lucrative defense work at the Norfolk shipyards as of his brother in law mention to Mr Jarvis that there are more work in Norfolk.

[historyrus]

I can remember lots of times when Ben and the other kids were going to and from school.

But was Ben's school work ever discussed in the family or made a part of the episode? It seems like he went to school but that was it. Otherwise we'd see him in his business ventures or playing with other kids. It's not like Jim Bob, whose lack of motivation caused him a lot of academic problems on a number of occasions, and to be discussed in a number of episodes.

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I'm not positive but I believe the episode was called The Star? It's the one where there was a falling star that landed in the Baldwin's recipe room and Grandpa thought he was dying. In that episode Ben was in a spelling bee and won!! Remember, Elizabeth didn't touch the star so that Ben would have all of the luck!!