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    JustPassingThroughBreanna Edwards
    6/15/17 9:53am

    I know I’m an old, but exactly zero people have ever asked to see my actual high school diploma. Maybe you need a copy of it for college and other things these days, but I went all the way through law school not needing the actual document. As long as my transcript from HS, College, and Law School said “graduated” that’s been good enough.

    All of this is to say that when admins state they are “withholding the student’s diploma,” parents need to inform their kids that the diploma is unnecessary and pay those fools no mind.

    I’m proud of this kid for standing up and reading his speech. He shouldn’t feel ashamed because the school admins decided to hold on to fancy resume paper for a few more days.

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      BoSephusJustPassingThrough
      6/15/17 10:01am

      It absolutely coulkd have effected his ability to be sworn into the navy. When I joined the army i had to have physical copies of both my college and high school diplomas. Military is still pretty old school with stuff like that.

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      JustPassingThroughBoSephus
      6/15/17 10:06am

      Ahhh, okay that makes sense then. I can see the military making people jump through hoops like that.

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    EvenBaggierTrousers5Breanna Edwards
    6/15/17 9:34am

    So four years of “Do your own work, no cheating, work it out yourself” culminates in “Here, read this shit we wrote for you.” Ok...

    Seriously, if they have a prepared statement, let them read it their damn self.

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    PaulMooneysTongueBreanna Edwards
    6/15/17 9:33am

    Having multiple jobs in my short adult years, including a stint as a sub teacher in the public school teacher, I’ve learned one thing about “adults” in the school system.

    They very much take on the emotional intelligence level of the environment they are in. So, this petty behavior is not surprising, cause teens are petty and that’s because the “adults” are. Circle of life sort of thing.

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      CaiteeCruellePaulMooneysTongue
      6/15/17 9:43am

      To corroborate your point: A friend of mine headed up the local ACLU chapter for many years and she was initially shocked by the complaints against school administrations that came across her desk. In the way of “holy shit, these are serious rights violations.”

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      GozertheGozerianPaulMooneysTongue
      6/15/17 9:47am

      Having educated many college students who go on to be K-12 teachers and administrators, I can say that most (but not all) are “C” students in every sense of the word: mediocre both academically and personally. If what you say is true, then I can attest from my own experience they don’t fall from such great heights to begin with...

      #notallk12teachers

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    IAMBlastedBiggsLostBurnerBreanna Edwards
    6/15/17 9:15am

    President of his class, preparing to enter the Navy, with plans to become a freaking pediatric surgeon? You don’t hassle a kid like this; you beg him to read words of his own! He’s obviously tapped into something you’d actually want other kids to hear.

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      kitchenaireIAMBlastedBiggsLostBurner
      6/15/17 11:37am

      fyi pediatric surgeon isnt a real job but A for effort for this kid

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      Very Dangerous Over Short Distanceskitchenaire
      6/16/17 10:31am

      It absolutely is. Just like there are ortho surgeons and cardiac surgeons, peds surgeons specialize in surgery on kids. It was a peds surgeon who put in a shunt to draw fluid off when my son had a brain bleed as a preemie, and I’m forever grateful to them. There’s additional training needed for peds surgery, just like there is for any surgical specialty, several extra years, I believe. So yes, definitely a real job, and one that I absolutely hope this young man holds one day.

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    JasmineGBreanna Edwards
    6/15/17 12:36pm

    Just when I was going to give the superintendent props for making the principal drop it off himself, he had to ruin it by criticising the student for using his cell phone. Clearly, the admins would not have let him walk up with his own speech.

    But I would have loved to see the principal dropping it off and eating humble pie.

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    Flamingo83Breanna Edwards
    6/15/17 10:11am

    I have met some bad ass teachers and administrators during my school days. I have also met the most petty, conceited, controlling assholes as well. They will light themselves on fire if you ignore their authority.

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    HuskyBroBreanna Edwards
    6/15/17 9:04am

    Admins, that graduation wasn’t about you! How dare you try to make it yours?

    This kid is a better person than I am because I would have either gotten my diploma that night or me and my mom would have went to jail.

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      GozertheGozerianHuskyBro
      6/15/17 9:49am

      Yep, kudos to him. I hope he kicks much ass in the Navy and medical school.

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    cab1701Breanna Edwards
    6/15/17 11:25am

    Seriously, we all now live in a world where shit like this will go viral guaranteed. Why do idiots continue to try and pull unacceptable acts like this?

    How could you think that denying a student their diploma would not result in the exposure of said act, and THEN resulting in the inevitable “SORRY” after the fact. (Too little, too late in all cases).

    Bottom line, they ruined this kid’s only high school graduation experience. They are the supposed adults. Maybe withhold their next paychecks for a few days, then site some bullshit excuse, apologize and release the check.

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    Doctor-FellBreanna Edwards
    6/15/17 9:09am

    Does anyone know what the administation’s speech said? Why were they trying so hard to control the message?

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      skefflesDoctor-Fell
      6/15/17 9:30am

      I’d be prepared to place money on it being something that not only credited the school administrators solely for the student’s success, but that it was also a fundraiser message too.

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      Jeff PulaskiDoctor-Fell
      6/15/17 11:25am

      It’s in the Washington Post article they rehashed.

      I would like to thank all of our friends and family for being here tonight. I would also like to address my fellow graduates one last time before we leave this gym. Although we may all never be in the same room at the same time again, we will always share the memories that we created within these walls. And no matter what we all do after graduation, never forget that this is one place that we all have in common, this place is home. Congratulations graduates, we did it!

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    Not2LuckyBreanna Edwards
    6/15/17 12:19pm

    The principle acted like a dick, good thing the Superintendent was either nicer, or more aware of the fallout, however ... the kid “left a copy of his speech on his principal’s desk for review the day of the ceremony.” ... Yeah.. that is not right either.

    I see how the student was given no guidance by the administration about requirements for the speech, that seems to me to be the issue.

    If, in your job, you were asked to give a speech to people, wouldn’t your boss want to see that speech before the day of the speech?

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