Kid Denied Diploma...For a kiss.

[Alistair]

For teens, there is no greater joy than graduating high school. Shaking off the shackles of education and claiming that hard-fought diploma is truly an epic day. Unfortunately, for several students at Bonny Eagle High School in Maine, their natural exuberance has led to some surprisingly serious problems.

On Friday night, when the senior class was waiting to graduate, excitement began to grow. Students bounced a large inflatable rubber duck. The noise level rose. And then came "the kiss." When called, one student walked on stage to receive his diploma and blew a kiss to his family. The school administrator, clearly not the sentimental sort, sent the student back to his seat ... sans diploma.

The seemingly harsh punishment has sent the Web all aflutter. Searches on "student denied diploma" and "bonny eagle high school" are both through the roof. Additionally, blogs and news papers are chiming in with opinions on whether or not the administration overreacted. The student's mother has given interviews and is quite upset at her son's treatment. According to an article from Fox News the outraged mother said, "A bow, a kiss to your mom is not misbehavior."

But the administrators feel they were just enforcing the rules that students agreed to. At a meeting following the debacle, school superintendent Suzanne Lukas said that "if a student doesn't adhere to the expectations, then the consequences are clearly spelled out."

This isn't the first time that rambunctious (dare we say "fun"?) behavior affected a graduation ceremony at Bonny Eagle. "Four years ago we had some issues with silly string and beach balls," said Lukas.

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92681?fp=1



I have no words at the utter stupidity that the world is coming too....

Ali

 

[Jplaya2023]

who cares about a diploma he still graduated so who cares

 

[Milu]

:facepalm

 

[Tyrinus]

who cares about a diploma he still graduated so who cares

Yup.

 

[Alistair]

Jplaya,

Well, it would kinda suck if he wanted it, for college, to show off later in life, or something to that effect, wouldn't it?


Ali

 

[Majic Walrus]

They still get an ACTUAL diploma that counts for something in the mail. My "diploma" from high school was merely some paper that said, "Real deal is in the mail Walrus."

In any case the school is being a bit absurd, but if students agreed to rules then they should abide by them.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

My school we got this this fake diploma and right after the ceremony went into the building to get our real one. For sister's college graduation, they handed out a rolled, blank paper and picked up the real thing after.


That said, this is stupid. I'm smelling some sexism. I doubt they'd have done anything if a girl did it. Men can blow kisses too, dammit!

 

[Spider-Who?]

this is disgustingly ******ed.

 

[enterthemadness]

When men blow kisses it's lame looking. I agree with the school's decision. I would have suspended him though...expelled him from the grad party, the punk.

 

[Darthphere]

How dare this kid tarnish such a respected ceremony by blowing a kiss. Keep it in your pants Junior!

 

[Wiseman]

Why are threads like this started when there was a news story about how warp drives will destroy the earth if we make them and that story isn't posted on the hype?

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

Um, that's kind of ******ed, really.

At my graduation, when I walked across the stage, I did the whole LL Cool J - kiss your fingers, throw up the peace sign to my entire graduating class.

But for something a whole lot more sentimental, blowing a kiss to your family, you get punished and denied a diploma?

I have never used this smilie before, as I saw posted in a thread here a couple days ago it's becoming cliche and played out, but in this situation it is completely appropriate:

:facepalm

And just off of sheer principle alone:

This whole thing makes me feel like this:

 

[Spider-Who?]

Why are threads like this started when there was a news story about how warp drives will destroy the earth if we make them and that story isn't posted on the hype?

instead of complaining, why dont you do something about it?

 

[Ghostvirus]

Good god! Thank you lord I graduated a decade ago. School sounds like a fascist hell hole!

 

[enterthemadness]

Why are threads like this started when there was a news story about how warp drives will destroy the earth if we make them and that story isn't posted on the hype?

Um...go on the web, find it, trap it and bring it back here, and post it. Da da, posted.

 

[Darthphere]

Why are threads like this started when there was a news story about how warp drives will destroy the earth if we make them and that story isn't posted on the hype?

We're giving it all she's got Captain!

 

[Wiseman]

Yeah, I'm too lazy to look it up.....I figured that'd motivate one of you

 

[Darthphere]

Yeah, I'm too lazy to look it up.....I figured that'd motivate one of you

I can post an article on how skinny jeans leads to nerve damage.

 

[enterthemadness]

Yeah, I'm too lazy to look it up.....I figured that'd motivate one of you

:facepalm I actually did that after reading this reply.

 

[Ghostvirus]

Why are threads like this started when there was a news story about how warp drives will destroy the earth if we make them and that story isn't posted on the hype?

Why don't you make a thread about? I would love to read that article.

 

[enterthemadness]

Why don't you make a thread about? I would love to read that article.

I just did it for him.

 

[Manic]

I just did it for him.

Teach a man to fish, dude.

 

[enterthemadness]

Teach a man to fish, dude.

I can't Fish, but the one time I did...I caught a small ish Fish right off the ****ing bat.

 

[Wiseman]

Good job enterthemadness, you are a good Buddy Christ disciple

 

[Deadpool876]

When I read the thread, I thought the kid must've kissed a teacher. lol