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Graduation ceremonies are stupid. I would not have gone to mine if I wasn't forced to. Who are they for anyway? The "pay attention to me" people. A boring waste of time and money.
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For a lot of these people, this is it - this will be the highest point of their lives. I think that is why high school themed TV shows are so popular. |
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Why were the police there? The article makes it sound like they were ready for something like this incident. |
This is what happens when people treat graduating HS as some sort of major life accomplishment.
I know that for some people it is, and that is the problem. |
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And I personally think graduating HS should be seen as a major life accomplishment. Nationally, 28% of all students will not graduate. In SC, 41% will not graduate.* The parents (guardians) of those who graduate have spent 12 or more years taking an interest in the childs development and future; making sure that the child has the necessary educational foundation to advance onward in life, out from under their wings. When a child graduates HS, he/she is usually within one year of majority, one year from enlistment age for our armed forces, and one year from voting age. Statistically, adults who graduated HS are less likely to end up in jail by a factor of 8. For that reason alone, society should see graduation as a major accomplishment. Source: Southern Regional Education Board |
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Mom looks like she wouldn't shut her yap at a funeral......when they tell ya to STFU and there are cops around to enforce....STFU.....just sayin'......
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Who is worse, a proud parent to takes here celebration a bit too far, or the parent who doesn't give a crap about their child since they are either doped out on drugs, too involved in an ilicit affair, are too self-infatuated, never wanted their child to be born, or 100 other reasons why they don't take their parenting seriously.
If the police want to arrest someone, they should arrest the parents who fall into the latter category. -Z |
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Fiddy dollar fine and a trip to Good Morning America. What's not to like here? I mean the woman, Scott, not you. You'll get sued for the clean up of the seats after everyone around you shats their pants. |
I watched the video... And, I've been to S.C. My dad lived in Charleston before he passed away. The lady in the video didn't slur her speech or use slang. She didn't flash any signs. She actually sounded well spoken, i.e. didn't say "axe" instead of "ask." She sounded reasonable. She said she didn't resist the police at all and sat quietly in the patrol car. I agree, there has to be more to the story but if there isn't, shame on the school admin and shame on the police and they deserve the civil suit that's likely to follow.
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Pretty disappointing if HS graduation is the high point of their lives, may as well just throw in the towel and take that job at McD's. Holy S---! Do they just stop trying at 18 YO?
If that is their viewpoint everyone has failed, schools, home, society. EVERYONE! Of course that is not the case with Indian, Korean, Chinese etc. who are the first to graduate from HS but we let that one group off the hook and don't hold them to a higher standard. Guess we are counting on affirmative action to get the job done. |
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what happened in 26yrs? Redmond class of 1986 we had 640 graduate and we were only 3A at the time. there are lots of 4A schools in the state now oh and we really ruined graduation for my sister the following year. i guess the key note speaker didnt like getting hit in the back of the head with a beach ball. :) :) :) |
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Ted, the largest high schools in this state (the 4A schools) have 1500 - 1600 students, and they graduate 350 - 400 students every year.
If your high school had more students than that, please provide a link to that statistic, because those students are a bunch of anomalies. ;) _ |
1200 started in my class G10 and 900 graduated G12 in '63. Now in LB we graduate 1200 per high school and there are several. They are now G9-12 and literally have 1000's in attendance every day.
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Lakewood High 1984 Class of 980
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Yes, it was 765. I thought it was going to be over 800 kids.
Really didn't take that long. Started at 3:30 PM and I think we were done in 2-3 hours. It was also held at the convention center, so no problem with the heat. Quote:
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Arresting the mom is a bit over the top - not sure what the alternative would be, but....
Everyone that graduated has reached a milestone in their life. Some worked hard, some maybe not at all, but they all are graduates. Having a cheering section or a parent with a big mouth does not gild the degree one bit. It's a graduation, not a football game, and cheering sections are inappropriate. Mom should stfu and show some respect to all the graduates. |
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