[hunter112]

I can't seem to find out just how many graduates there are. I have a funny feeling that a name-recitation, followed by a ten-second cheering, times the number of graduates, would have taken less time than the boring tripe of non-student speeches that marks every graduation.

These are students of color. We should all be cheering that they completed high school. With all the pressure on these kids to not "act white", they've truly accomplished something that their loved ones have a right to be proud of.

[driftdiver]

“With all the pressure on these kids to not “act white”, they’ve truly accomplished something that their loved ones have a right to be proud of.”

Graduation from high school is important but in the scheme of things its not that major. Pretty much all kids have to do is show up and they graduate. Perhaps that accounts for a major life event in some places though.

In the local area some parents have ceremonies for kids completing 6th grade. They even hire stretch limo’s to cart their kid away from grade school. I’m sure the kids have healthy self esteem though.

[NormsRevenge]

in a small number scenario, sounds OK to me. I was curious as to is there a certain number of grads names to be read that it might be more tolerable as well..

air horns and whoops is a bit much tho.. a clap or two sounds reasonable to me.. from what is provided here, one can’t speak to how acoustics might have come into play also.