Diploma Denied To Student Who Blew Kiss To Family 15
suraj.sun writes "A Maine high school senior was denied his diploma at graduation after he took a bow when his name was called, pointed to friends and blew a kiss to his family. Justin Denney was graduating from Bonny Eagle High School June 12 and had gotten up on stage to receive his diploma when he gestured to his friends and relatives. School Superintendent Suzanne Lukas abruptly told Denney to return to his seat, according to WMTW TV in Maine. He didn't get his diploma. His mother, Mary Denney, is livid. Her son told her that the superintendent warned, 'There's no fooling around up here'. 'He just kind of looked at her because he wasn't fooling around. He didn't consider that fooling around or misbehaving in any sense of the word,' Mary Denney told WMTW. Lukas reportedly asked the soon-to-be graduate why he thought he deserved a diploma. "He goes, 'Because I worked hard and I earned it,' and she goes, 'No, go take your seat,'" his mother told the station. Other students also walked away empty-handed because of various disruptions during the ceremony. Some started playing with beach balls and others were separated from their friends, according to WMTW. Mary Denney doesn't believe her son violated any code of conduct."
Umm.... wow..... (Score:2)
I don't even know what to say to that one. I'd like to ask this school if they *really* think this student was wrong in the belief that he deserved his diploma for "working hard and earning it"!? If so, well - maybe that's a sign that it needs to be shut down for failing to graduate their students based on sensible methods!
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Relax (Score:2)
The kids are graduating. You should be happy. Let them toss a beach ball around and take a bow.
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"We don't need no education.
We don't need no thought control.
No dark sarcasm in the classroom.
Teachers leave those kids alone.
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Hey, Teacher leave those kids alone!
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall."
Double negative mate, you just said you do need an education, and you do need though control.
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Congratulations, kid. (Score:2)
You graduated from state-sponsored teenage daycare.
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Apparently not
it was a Graduation FAIL.
Ok, so you don't like people showing off. (Score:1)
To entirely deny a pupil a school certificate for a momentary lapse in judgement is extreme. Presumably the school simply plans to post the certificate to its former pupil's address without further ceremony.
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That's the kid's mother, not the superintendent.