Kid denied diploma for blowing a kiss

[Northstar]

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

Graduates
A Very Costly Kiss: Senior Denied Diploma
by Mike Krumboltz

30 hours ago

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.

Yes apparently even blowing a kiss to your family is considered offensive.

 

[McLaren]

That's amazing. My buddy can spray paint on our school's front steps, & still get his diploma, but this kid can't for blowing a kiss?

Give me a break.

 

[Joel]

That's just ridiculous. Honestly, leave the kid alone.

 

[Solid Lifters]

If that was me, I'dve grabbed my diploma from his hands then would have mooned him.

 

[tfujiwara]

actually this is not sparta(sorry) its madness on this news.
I feel like punching for who ever took away that kid's diploma. He earned it. Now its taking away for a kiss?! Madness.

 

[Omnis]

I got my diploma from the school vault.

 

[Zrow]

Stupid move by the principle, even stupider news coverage by everyone else. Bah.

 

[Solid Lifters]

I got my diploma from the school vault.

My mom went down to pick mine up after the new school year started.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

That's amazing. My buddy can spray paint on our school's front steps, & still get his diploma, but this kid can't for blowing a kiss?

Give me a break.

I agree. In our final year a group of students bought three pigs, numbered them one, two and four, set them loose inside the school grounds (it was fenced in) and sat back as the teachers tried to locate pig number three. They still got their HSC.

 

[Blackbird.]

If this bull**** ever happened at my graduation I can almost certainly guarantee a riot.

But seriously this deserves a big WTF.

 

[Bram Turismo]

I agree. In our final year a group of students bought three pigs, numbered them one, two and four, set them loose inside the school grounds (it was fenced in) and sat back as the teachers tried to locate pig number three. They still got their HSC.

That's genius!

But anyway, this is just rediculous. I didn't know it was offensive to thank your family who have been taking care of you throughout all the years and basically are the root of the kid's succes? Seriously?

 

[Boffin]

what HAS the world gone to?

I honestly believe the people of the internet could do something to stop this from happening.

 

[Keef]

I agree. In our final year a group of students bought three pigs, numbered them one, two and four, set them loose inside the school grounds (it was fenced in) and sat back as the teachers tried to locate pig number three. They still got their HSC.

My school has a big courtyard in the middle, surrounded by all four wings of the building. One morning everyone showed up in the morning, and the courtyard was fully stocked--like a petting zoo! I can't remember how exactly they got a farm's worth of animals in there, but they did it.

 

[McLaren]

I agree. In our final year a group of students bought three pigs, numbered them one, two and four, set them loose inside the school grounds (it was fenced in) and sat back as the teachers tried to locate pig number three. They still got their HSC.

Seems to be a popular prank among high schools. I can't remember how many times people have told me about doing that.

 

[Christhedude]

I agree. In our final year a group of students bought three pigs, numbered them one, two and four, set them loose inside the school grounds (it was fenced in) and sat back as the teachers tried to locate pig number three. They still got their HSC.

hahahaha damn it, if i had knows this 3 years earlier, then i'd have done that too with my buddies, all we did was make a huge BBQ inside the school hall, with the teachers... eventually the fire alarm went off

Good times though

Chris

 

[Duke]

I can tell you, if I had watched that happen, you wouldn't have been able to hear the rest of the ceremony for the booing. Utterly ridiculous.

 

[Tornado]

My school has a big courtyard in the middle, surrounded by all four wings of the building. One morning everyone showed up in the morning, and the courtyard was fully stocked--like a petting zoo! I can't remember how exactly they got a farm's worth of animals in there, but they did it.

The kids one year older than us did the same thing, mostly with chickens. It was great.

 

[Jondot]

The thing about this kind of story is that there's always a bit more behind it that we're not ever told (for obvious reasons). Put it this way: it'd greatly surprise me if this kid was anything close to a teacher's pet.

The likelihood here is that said kid is frequently found in need of a good slap (every school has a few of them), and this little outburst was the final nail in his educational coffin.

I mean look, even I want to hit him.


I'm not saying that him being a rambunctious little ...proverbial... gives the school the right to withhold his diploma, but they were probably trying to teach him what they thought was a valuable lesson, and then give the diploma to him at a later date. Which sounds fairly harmless if you manage to chime out the immortal words of his father, who proclaims that they've stolen 'his lifelong dream' and 'squashed' his pride and honour.

But now they're stuck. They can't simply hand it straight over or it'd appear as though they broke under the pressure of the press. But the longer that little Timmy Justin is without his diploma, the more bad press they'll receive.


I don't agree with how they chose to handle it, but I don't think we're getting the whole story. Just my observations on the whole sha-bang.

 

[Josh]

You don't get the real diploma on stage at graduation so he didn't get a useless piece of blank paper up on stage. Boohoo. We've got way bigger problems to worry about than some kid who looks stoned out of his gord not receiving his fake diploma.

Walk up, get your diploma, shake hand, walk back to your seat. Don't bow, don't wave, don't blow kisses. Play stupid games - win stupid prizes.

Bah.

 

[Pako]

I think we need to amend the AUP here at GTPlanet. If there is any gesture that can be construed as a kiss being blown, expect an immediate ban!!!

To think of the lack of self control that is rampant in our youth these days. SHEEESH.

 

[Giancarlo]

I think we need to amend the AUP here at GTPlanet. If there is any gesture that can be construed as a kiss being blown, expect an immediate ban!!!

To think of the lack of self control that is rampant in our youth these days. SHEEESH.

:-*

 

[Philly]

Funny thing is, some kid blew a kiss at his (presumably) girlfriend when she went up to address the class at my sister's graduation ceremony today.

And then there was the kid who managed to sneak "money" into his name...

 

[TrievelA7X]

Isn't this clear evidence that we give school personnel to much power?