Student Denied Diploma After Blowing Kiss

Utterly curmudgeonly response to being spot on.

It seems there are quite a few here who have bought into the relativism and hyperbole of our friends on the left. What ever happened to "pomp and circumstance?" I'm sure this self-centered young man was given the expectations well beforehand. He made his choice to go against the rules (after he *and* his mother signed a statement saying he would not) and he paid the piper. He'll get his diploma and an additional 15 minutes of attention, so don't cry for him and his, like, apparently well-read mother. It's guys like this who make it necessary to have so-called stupid rules. If he had been respectful of his peers and the occasion, he'd have no problem with getting his diploma. If everyone were respectful of others at ceremonies like this, it would take some power from the school officials because they wouldn't have a reason to bug the kids with rules.

Talisker: All of his "behaviors" were because he had just had his integrity publically raped in the name of good behavior.

There's a difference in having your integrity taken away by force and giving it up willingly. He gave his integrity willingly. No rape in this case.

Shimmer1: Some battles just aren’t worth the trouble.

You're absolutely right. The kid should have realized this before he decided to flout the rules, and now he'd have no battle to fight.

Mr_Moonlight: Blowing a kiss towards your Mom is now considered "narcissistic" ???

No, but taking it upon yourself to do so in the middle of a graduation ceremony certainly is. He could have blown his mother a kiss as he approached her afterward and taken his bow and pointed at his friends at some other time.

Seems you have more issues than just this little meaningless news article.

"Meaningless"? For someone who has commented so prolifically, it sure doesn't seem that you consider it meaningless. Your calling it meaningless seems a bit disingenuous after reading your comments.

Luke21: These regimented types think he’s in the military or something. Bunch of control freaks around here.

He was not in a military ceremony. He was at a graduation. Pomp, circumstance, decorum, etc. Which, by the way, are the very things which are sorely missed in our society.

meyer: Personally, I don't do "group".

Yes you do, you just don't realize it or don't admit it.

Awestruck: Considering the horrible things that so many kids are doing these days, blowing a kiss to your mom should be considered an act of respect

A fine statement of moral relativism! 'Well at least he didn't kill his mom over a video game.'

Tublecane: Wish crowds would get out of control more often at political and media events.

I didn't realize that a high school graduation was a political or media event. Was it a rally for a candidate or a ballot measure? Was it a press conference to announce some new policy? Even though the occasion might merit the attention of the media, this was not a "media event."

So, what, ceremonies are collective experiences? It’s never for the kids as individuals, only as parts of the whole? Which is why, I guess, we parade them in front of the community and say their name: because individuals aren’t important.

More hyperbole. I don't think anybody is suggesting that individuals aren't important. In fact, the opposite is true. The rules are in place to allow each individual his rightful place in the ceremony. If kids and their families want to draw attention to themselves they can do it with their own private ceremony instead of at the class ceremony. Graduation? No. Waste of time.

On this we completely agree, except I'd say "graduation ceremony" instead of just "graduation." However, I understand that others think the ceremony is important, and if one attends the ceremony they should be respectful of the occasion and their classmates. Show your mom your appreciation by blowing her a kiss later.

Yeah, you obviously are young. Clever, not so much.

Maybe someday when you have kids of your own you will understand the pride a parent has in his or her child’s graduation. The family turns out, the family friends turn out, it is a big event for most people. And it is an important day for the kids too.
So yeah, say your good byes at school, go the the commencement, hang with your family, then go puke on your own time. A (good) parent has as much invested as the student does by the time the graduation happens.

I see the jackboot lickers have come out from their rock

Yeah really ... have you seen #82 yet? Basically it sums it all up in one picture (with caption):

No more fun of any kind

Yeah really ... have you seen #82 yet? Basically it sums it all up in one picture (with caption):

These people would fit right in with the morality police in Iran..

God save us from such blue nosed wowsers