This is how we see someone who walks off a stage in cap and gown having been awarded a degree. The years of study and hours of dogged application and self-sacrifice have finally paid off, with the due recognition. It is what we do when, having completed our education, we go out to prove our worthiness, or ‘earn’ a living. At the completion of service we allow people to occupy the deck chair of retirement recognizing they have earned it. As...