OT: Sooo glad I'm not in school anymore

[KenTheDude]

I wouldn't last a week in school. Way too politically correct these days.


A Very Costly Kiss: Senior Denied Diploma
by Mike Krumboltz
21 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.



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

[artist4perry]

Oh get over it............to the admin.

My sons graduation they put stick it notes that said kick me on the back and front of the principal as they got their diplomas.

They were hysterical...........the man looked like a roof with shingles............he was a good sport everyone laughed and a boring graduation was entertaining. Every year they do something to this man, out of love. And every year, he is loved more and more. Lighten up folks, it is a time of celebration. It was not like he mooned anyone!

[RisingForce73]

That's the high school where Boston drummer Jeff Neal teaches.

[Suzanne]

ANAL MUCH? Jesus, I wouldn't want a diploma with that school's name on it. What rules were broken? "No kissing your hand and waving it son!!!" Go have sex and get over it Ms. Lukas.

[Hollywood]

For starters this is getting blown way out of proportion. The student was not denied a diploma as the headline of this story states and that the cable news networks that are reporting at as. He was denied the right to receive his diploma on stage in front of his graduating class and family. At this point he already earned the diploma and they cannot revoke it even if he waved his junk on stage.

The school had a problem in the past which was a true problem, however they overreacted with oppressive rules which the students were informed. Then the school reacted to one of the most ridiculous of the rules and upset what is supposed to be a celebration of 12 years of work. The school made a huge error in judgment here, but this should not even make the local news much less the national news.

[Rick]

At my graduation, we all gave the principal pieces to an x-rated jigsaw puzzle. He probably just threw them out, but if he had put that thing together, I would have paid money to see the look on his face.