HS admins have become a__hats.

[Angel Oracle]

http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/high-school-senior-denied-diploma-for-wearing-when-did-graduation-become-a-battleground--192900808.html

 

What is with admins today?    Bunch of self-important idiots! 

[austin724]

I think these school administrators have too much time on their hands today.  Either that or they are getting more and more stupid as the years go by.

[Tank]

Any of you seen lately all the stuff kids try to wear marching down the aisle? Because the school is graduating the student, the school gets to set the rules on what it will and will not allow. We tell our 8th graders they're only allowed to wear what the school provides because we want friends and family to see what they've accomplished, and because some family members don't know when to stop when it comes to this kind of stuff. There's really no reason for kids to be wearing candy or money leis or stoles that boast about their ethnicity.

That being said, the examples in this article go over the line of reasonable in most cases, and that's not okay. As for the feather issue, I wonder if she asked administration first if she could wear it - the article doesn't really say. If she asked but was told not to wear it, that's a different issue, and it's exclusion from this article would make this a pretty crappy job of reporting by the writer.

[Angel Oracle]

I get avoiding grandstanding, but it just seems that admins want to leave no wiggle room whatsoever. 

[austin724]

I agree that kids where stupid clothes nowadays but for petty things like this is ridiculous.

[St1ck]

I agree that kids where stupid clothes nowadays but for petty things like this is ridiculous.

 

 

 

This sentence hurts my brain.

[Vernster52]

Any of you seen lately all the stuff kids try to wear marching down the aisle? Because the school is graduating the student, the school gets to set the rules on what it will and will not allow. We tell our 8th graders they're only allowed to wear what the school provides because we want friends and family to see what they've accomplished, and because some family members don't know when to stop when it comes to this kind of stuff. There's really no reason for kids to be wearing candy or money leis or stoles that boast about their ethnicity.

That being said, the examples in this article go over the line of reasonable in most cases, and that's not okay. As for the feather issue, I wonder if she asked administration first if she could wear it - the article doesn't really say. If she asked but was told not to wear it, that's a different issue, and it's exclusion from this article would make this a pretty crappy job of reporting by the writer.

You say you read the story?

 

It says she asked to wear the feather and was told she couldn't, but decided to wear it anyway.  She also says she knew she was going to get fined but decided it was worth it.

[gotbeer]

Private school.  You pay to play by their rules.  

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

First world problems.

[halobob]

If they tried not to give me my diploma on stage I would not have let the graduation continue w/o them removing me by force.