Denying HS Diploma Because of Cheers? Penalty too Harsh?

[TonyB06]

Solution scenarios:

Scenario 1: leave your most buckwild-prone cousins back at home doing final preparations on the post-graduation party back at the house.


Scenario 2: School officials should after the initial 2 or 3 "extended applauses," stop the program, have security visibly escort the offenders out of the auditorium.

....a word to the wise is sufficient.

[pinkies up]

I remember my hs graduation. I asked my family to PLEASE act like they really believed that I was going to graduate in the first place. Sometimes there are those children who graduate "thank you lawdy" and you can understand their holy ghost dancing.

Anyway, they were excited since I was in the Top 10. I can see how parents would be bursting with pride, but when I looked in the stands and saw the signs and my mom wiping the tears from her eyes, I kind of understood their joy and pride.
But there is a time and place for everything. I can't say that when my babies graduate and leave home, I'll be the tamest person in the place. However a rule is a rule and they did sign a contract to behave.

[Infamous12]

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!

[Drolefille]

In HS we received them as soon as we returned our caps and gowns. In college you got yours after the full commencement (which is not where each student walked, that was our pre-commencement)

Looks like the five students without diplomas are going to go to court over it rather than apologize for something that, in some cases, the family claims they didn't even do.
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[KAPital PHINUst]

In the grand scheme of things, it's really not a big deal, but it is a big deal.

Seeing how some families have 1st generation or rare/sporadic HS graduates, I can see how it is a big deal.

OTOH, the diploma is only a souvenir item, the real item that matters as far as applying for jobs and college is the TRANSCRIPT. If they withhold that because of cheering, that's a whole nother story altogether.

If the school district was to withhold my diploma because someone cheered for me, be it family, friend, or foe, I would tell them in no undertain terms that they could wipe their [tails] with my diploma.

But if the school district withheld my transcripts because of the same offense, I would tell the out loud "See you in court."

And in either event, I would K.I.M.

ETA: If some of these families were really smart, they would be as quiet as a church congregation---ok, bad example (), they would be as quiet as a golf tournament crowd on the putting green until the graduate had his diploma IN HAND. Once that diploma was secured by the graduate, then the family could get krunk as all get out, while the graduate quickly exits the stage and auditorium *lol*

[TotallyWicked]

My sister graduated from college today (first in the fam ), and needless to say some people acted a straight FOOL up in there, like we did get buckwild but paled in comparison to other folks!

There was a Puerto Rican crew that had at least 10 folks all carrying the Rican flag, a siren, and an instrument (forget what it's called) that makes a rattling sound, when their graduate walked across the stage all hell broke loose!

Another family had a HUGE bell that they rang, I'm talking almost as big as the Liberty Bell LMAO, they rang it from the time their graduate stood up to the time they sat down so we couldn't really hear any of the names, that's just plain ignorant!

I really needed folks to stop actin like the Holy Ghost hit them when their graduate walked across the stage! The family next to us, the mother was yelling "Yeah Tasha thank you JEE-SUS! OOH LAWD THANK YOU ALMIGHTY" then acted like she fainted, she actually hit herself hard on the steps LMAO! the rest of the family got up and danced in the aisle...they had a huge screen up so we could all see the graduates walk up close, their daughter literally walked across stage shaking her head LOL

Another one was really uncalled for, this young lady walked across the stage, an d her boyfriend (think it was her boyfriend), yelled out "Hell yeah! I'm gettin some educated P**** tonight!!"

and I won't even begin on the Greeks cussin when their frat/soror walked the stage

surprisingly none of the noisy items were confiscated!

[RedefinedDiva]

Originally Posted by TotallyWicked

Another one was really uncalled for, this young lady walked across the stage, an d her boyfriend (think it was her boyfriend), yelled out "Hell yeah! I'm gettin some educated P**** tonight!!"

OK, I'm going to need you to STOP the lies because I REFUSE to believe this was said, better yet, yelled aloud during the graduation ceremony!!!

[FeeFee]

Originally Posted by RedefinedDiva

OK, I'm going to need you to STOP the lies because I REFUSE to believe this was said, better yet, yelled aloud during the graduation ceremony!!!

Okaaaaaaaaaaaay????

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by RedefinedDiva

OK, I'm going to need you to STOP the lies because I REFUSE to believe this was said, better yet, yelled aloud during the graduation ceremony!!!

Nope, I've heard similar things too unfortunately. I went to my friend's graduation of Saturday, and we had GROWN ASS PEOPLE yelling "Yea! I'm hitting that afterwards!" and "F*** yea! we're going clubbing tonight!"

[TotallyWicked]

Originally Posted by RedefinedDiva

OK, I'm going to need you to STOP the lies because I REFUSE to believe this was said, better yet, yelled aloud during the graduation ceremony!!!

you can refuse, but this actually happened!

I won't even get into how IGNANT Greeks were at the ceremony!!!!

[Senusret I]

I don't believe you. I demand that you tell me which Greeks they were, right this instant.

[TotallyWicked]

LMAOOOO!

'Shid, you already know cause I told you I'm not about to get my inbox flooded with messages that read 'you are lyin cause none of my frat/sorors would EVER act in that fashion!"

[Senusret I]

I heard that one offending fraternity recently had their convention at Smurf Village USA.

[TotallyWicked]

I just learned that my cousin WILL be graduating in about three weeks from the hood high school down the block...anyone want me to film the happenings during the graduation..I am certain a whole lotta foolery is gonna go down!

p.s. does anyone in Chicago know if the Chicago Public School board has made any disciplinary amendments to graduation etiquette? I don't want it to be like my h.s. graduation with the gangstas throwing up their signs while walking across the stage with the principal merely smiling

[I.A.S.K.]

As a relatively recent h.s. grad I can say that there isnt a person in the world who would want to have to deal with me or my mom if they said that I couldnt get my Diploma because some one cheered excessively for me! It'd be some major problems.

While I do understand the frustration of not being able to hear names & see people when at a graduation because the family is actin crazy I think a lot of people (especially in this situation) fail to realize how much all that noise actually means to the graduate. When you've busted your a** and have made it to graduation it feels awesome to know that there are people in the audience who are happy for you, support you, and love you. My h.s. was public and there were hella people there so there was no way that I could see the look on my moms face when I walked across the stage. Now that he's gone I wish that I could have seen the look on my grandads face when i got my Diploma because Im the only one in my generation to go through h.s. to get my Diploma. The only way your fam could show their support during your moment was to yell and scream. It makes the person walkin across the stage feel good to know that people love them. I know that a person close to me who was on their own and put themselves through h.s. (livin on their own & ect.) felt bad because their fam wasnt there to get silly for them. I think they're taking it far to say you cant make nosie and such. I think everyone should be required to clap & make noise for each grad to show community support.

There should be an applause light that they turn on and then the audience claps and then when they turn it off everyone shuts the h*ll up! If people dont want to shut up kick them out. Most of those people will probably gladly go and say "I seen what I had came to see anywayz" on their way out! Hell PARENTS fought (fist fights not even arguments) at the begining of my graduation. Bump cheers ban fighting and cussin each other out! they should also ban all cookware! Im tired of people bringing pots and pans to bang on at graduations.

As far as the noise makers...they should make one time use noise makers (that will only blow once for 5 seconds or somethin) and sell them at the graduation and not allow people to bring their own. (they would also have 2 put a one per person limit on them b/c i know negros who'd buy ten of them just to act a fool) I think what is most important at graduation is making sure that the students (all of them not just the "popular" ones or ones with ignant families) feel special and enjoy their special day.