I don't want to live ont his planet anymore.

[Bramble]

http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/sou...172100466.html

Yeah apparently being happy and saying your child made it through high school is now illegal.

[Greenday]

Yeah apparently being happy and saying your child made it through high school is now illegal.

I'd be willing to wager that she did not just "stand up and say 'Yay, my baby made it!' but more likely was obnoxious with her cheering.

[Rageaholic]

I wonder if she did more than just shout.

As much as I hate people shouting at graduations, it should not be something you get arrested over.

[linguist]

http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/sou...172100466.html

Yeah apparently being happy and saying your child made it through high school is now illegal.

i have a feeling we aren't getting the whole story here. she was asked, along with all the other attendees, to be respectful of all the other graduates by holding applause, at the risk of being removed if she didn't. i have a sneaking suspicion that when she cheered and was subsequently being escorted out, she became belligerent, and that was the reason for the arrest.

these rules are in place at ceremonies for a reason. depending on the size of the graduating class, if every student was cheered the ceremony could drag on for hours if the speaker reading the students' names waited until the noise died down before moving on to the next student. if they didn't in the interest of keeping things moving along, then the next student's name could get drowned out in the noise, which is unfair to their accomplishments and their families. it's all a matter of respect, which this woman apparently didn't have.

[HYHYBT]

Good. I hope they do it again when someone pulls that. They TOLD you to wait until everyone was announced, and if everyone did the same it would make the event unbearable.

[Andara Bledin]

Man, is it really so hard to have a little class, any more?

Anyway, according to this article, she "began whooping" and was apparently still doing it when cops came up to take her to the van. Another grad-day mention in that article is about a boy whose family was so raucous, he was denied his diploma and the family ordered to do 20 hours of community service.

This article notes that the fine was for people who gave them trouble when escorted out, but the mother claims she had already planned to go quietly, because she obviously knew she would be escorted out for cheering, despite her other claims that it wasn't anything out of the ordinary.

The comments section of this article indicates that the no-cheering rule was actually voted into place by the students, and that a large number of parents were cheering, then grabbing their things and bailing out to avoid being escorted out. Seriously? How incredibly rude to everybody else. >_<

I have absolutely zero sympathy. She wasn't the only one fined, and has nobody to blame but herself.

Not that she or her daughter are ever likely to admit that.

^-.-^

[Daskinor]

these rules are in place at ceremonies for a reason. depending on the size of the graduating class, if every student was cheered the ceremony could drag on for hours if the speaker reading the students' names waited until the noise died down before moving on to the next student. if they didn't in the interest of keeping things moving along, then the next student's name could get drowned out in the noise, which is unfair to their accomplishments and their families. it's all a matter of respect, which this woman apparently didn't have.

This, When I graduated high school in 2000 our graduating class was 890. At this point the school never had a class over 500. 2001 had 560, 2002 had 580 and 2003 had 610. It took 4 hours, and there was a no cheering rule. I can only image how long it could of taken

[Jaden]

Yeah, this seems pretty open and shut. She was knowingly breaking the rules, and she received due punishment. Saying things like "I don't want to live on this planet anymore" should be reserved for things like, I dunno, finding a freezer full of massacred children in somebody's basement, not a belligerent woman being removed from a graduation for being obnoxious

[Andara Bledin]

This, When I graduated high school in 2000 our graduating class was 890. At this point the school never had a class over 500. 2001 had 560, 2002 had 580 and 2003 had 610. It took 4 hours, and there was a no cheering rule. I can only image how long it could of taken

I was in the smallest class at my high school with "only" 800+ students for the entire four years I was there. The typical class size was closer to 1000, and the freshman class the year I graduated was closer to 1200.

The only reason I wasn't bored to tears myself was because I was in the band, so I got to actually do something other than sit and wait in the hot sun.

None of my family attended. Hell, I wouldn't have attended if it weren't my own graduation.

^-.-^

[SongsOfDragons]

Man, is it really so hard to have a little class, any more?

Anyway, according to this article, she "began whooping" and was apparently still doing it when cops came up to take her to the van. Another grad-day mention in that article is about a boy whose family was so raucous, he was denied his diploma and the family ordered to do 20 hours of community service.

Why the hell is it any fault of the boy's? He was probably just as mortified by his idiot parent's behaviour.

This pisses me off. They should NOT punish the child because of the actions of their parents. There's an ancient thread here on Fratching that declares full support for a girl being expelled because her father was violent. NO. NOT FAIR.

[Ginger Tea]

what with all that sins of the father malarky and all

[bainsidhe]

Ok, I think this is stupid as hell. Escort her out, fine. But arrest her for whooping loudly? Was she resisting the cops? What are we missing here, because the stories I've heard so far don't support an arrest, IMO. Now she has a criminal record, for cheering. And yes, I completely believe she wasn't the only parent cheering their student, so where are the other arrests?

I've been to graduations where there's about 1000 students. Of course everyone is told to hold their cheering and of course people are good for about 10 students before they start getting real noisy. Hell, it's common to hear air-horns, which are quite possibly the most noisy and offensive cheer I've ever heard. Still doesn't justify an arrest.

[Andara Bledin]

She wasn't arrested for cheering. She was arrested (as were everybody else they arrested) for giving the cops trouble after the cheering caused them to be ejected.

^-.-^

[Greenday]

I've been to graduations where there's about 1000 students. Of course everyone is told to hold their cheering and of course people are good for about 10 students before they start getting real noisy.

At my college graduation for a class of 1,700, somehow no one's family or friends managed to be obnoxious. Other then applause, there were no air horns or obnoxious yelling. If a graduation of that size can manage it, smaller graduations like the one in question should be able to.

[bex1218]

My school allowed some cheering, and it mostly came from the graduates. But we had a pretty small class compared to everyone on here. Didn't take long at all.

I can understand not having anyone cheer. Thats what graduation parties are for.