To deny a diploma to a student because of their family's cheers is too harsh in my eyes. Just as my fellow Eagle TonyB said, make examples of a few families and people will get the picture.
Now I say this for outlandish cheering, cheering that would prohibit the next persons name from being able to be fully heard and understood.
Sensible cheering, outside of the standard golf clap, CAN be permitted, IMHO. Sensible being the operative word. I attended my younger brother's high school graduation last week and Lord knows when they called his name, I stood up with tears in my eyes, blew him a kiss and yelled: "That's my baby brother!"
But I did so in a timely fashion...after I had my outburst there were still seconds of silence as they prepared the next student to walk across the stage and receive her own 15 seconds of glory.
In both my HS and college ceremonies I received my paper that day! After all that money and all that time, I'm not leaving the building with just a folder/covering!
