Posted on 06/01/2007 12:03:25 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
I see.......so no one gets left out and has their feeeeeeeelings hurt. Why am I not surprised?
Good one. The sad part is, that is probably a true statement.
Yep. At sporting events, they're now starting to cheer halfway through the National Anthem. If I was the singer, I'd just stop singing until everyone shut up -- I'd also have a few words to say.
I sympathize with those families who cannot hear their own child's name announced because of noisemaking from other families.
A vote here for old fashioned decorum.
Come to think of it, no potential employer's ever asked me to prove my education or credentials. Ever.
There aer some freakin’ anal administrators at that school!
You won’t be able to hear a thing after the slob right behind you blasts your eardrums with an airhorn held about a foot away from you.
True story.
Especially when many schools have ways of getting higher that a 4.0.
There are some schools were no particular aptitude or effort would be required to get a 3.75; there are others where significant effort is required to get a 3.0. It would not seen unreasonable for a school of the latter type to have thresholds for honors/high honors at something like 3.25 and 3.50.
The damn speeches...THAT'S a different story. Get rid of the speeches and there will be all the time that is needed for all the cheerin' that people want to do.
The education system is a joke.
They think they can get away with whatever they want.
It about time we parents start fighting back. Wonder how they would like it if we just all home schooled our kids.
It would serve them right!!
Unfortunately, this kind of thing happens all the time.
But, but...this is their modus operandi for everything--punishing innocent people for the actions of others. Good for you if you succeed in getting any of them fired! School boards are deaf, dumb and blind.
I know of one school administrator who has an uncontrollable, explosive temper. I am praying that one day a student or parent will tape her tirades and put it up on YouTube for the whole world to see.
Meanwhile, the principal could have handled this properly by reiterating, at the very beginning, about disruptive cheering and that those who do so will be asked to leave. The administration shouldn't hold back a student's diploma that he or she rightfully earned...this is typical of their zero-tolerance, abuse of power, control-everyone-at-all-costs crap. No wonder administrators get no respect...they haven't earned it.
As for air horns, they shouldn't be allowed at graduations, that is a no-brainer.
Well, you may find this amazing (I do): I have not only my college degrees, my high school diploma, my grammar school graduation diploma, but my certificate of graduation from kindergarten! And I'm approaching 70 years of age.
Yes, yes, I know there's something wrong with me but all the psychiatrists gave up.
You must have a wonderful looking scrapbook. Congratulations!
Petty. Very small people with a taste for power.
“What the....??? Since when is a 3.4 GPA anywhere near honors status?”
In many schools 4.0 is the highest possible score. At my University, 3.2 is honors. There are 3 levels of honors:
Cum Laude (honors)3.2
Magna Cum Laude (high honors)3.6
Summa Cum Laude (highest honors)3.8
Since forever? There is some variation, but I’ve never seen or heard of cum laude as carrying a greater burden than a 3.5. Summ cum laude rarely carries a greater burden than a 3.8, and it’s the highest of the honors.
“The cheering never bothered me.”
Have you ever visited or seen a video of a black church at the peak of it’s service? Imagine that going on in a formal auditorium as you are trying to hear your child’s name announced.
My SO’s mother was hit in the head by a black woman sitting behind us, who felt a need to stand up and do a “praise the Lord” church dance when her son’s name was called. We’re talking entire families whooping, hollering, yelling, dancing, praising....for minute after minute. Once the name announcements get going, you have multiple families doing this at one time, because they feel a need to act like fools for about 5 minutes after their graduate’s name is called.
It’s rude, it’s inconsiderate, and it’s obnoxious. I don’t care if blacks are “more expressive”. They need to stop this crap.
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