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I've seen some of it at college graduations, which I find really appalling given the tradition and planning that go into graduation ceremonies. It can ruin high school ceremonies too, though.
Our kids' high school has tried out various measures to stop the rudeness. The only one to have much of an effect was limiting the number of graduation tickets to 5 per graduate. This infuriated some parents but then they were the same kind of enabling parents who go ballistic when they find out that kids who don't pass senior year don't get to walk at graduation until the year they do. This year, I only heard 3 air horns and that's quite an improvement. A nearby high school has had some improvement by stationing the coaches in the aisles of the stadium.
The thing that makes me angriest, though, is when graduates' names aren't heard because the family of the one before them played the fool because they decided it was their right. To heck with anybody else's kid!
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