sleeper;1147318 wrote:now any shmuck off the street can get a high school diploma.

Steel Valley Football;1147283 wrote:And I said, as did others, that schools are not in the business of judging the circumstances of every absence, tardiness, fight, illegal possession, offensive shirt, sexist comment, etc because they are not a court system.

I also said that doing so would set a precedence and bring others with similar claims trying to get an exception to the rule....and abracafuckingdabra look what happened.

You also said that it was such a rare case in such a small school that there wouldn't be other similar cases. To which I replied what if a student's mother was in a car accident and felt they deserved the same exception. I said all it would do is open a bigger can of worms and I was spot on.

I'm not trying to gloat, but get a fucking clue.

Steel Valley Football;1147287 wrote:GOAT poster.

Except Justin. I changed my mind and agree with everything he posts. Now and any time in the future.

justincredible;1147522 wrote:Why?

sleeper;1147318 wrote:Yeah and if the kid went through 4 years and didn't pass English his last year, he should walk too.

No wonder our education system is the laughing stock of the civilized world. Walking at graduation used to mean something, now any shmuck off the street can get a high school diploma.

Curly J;1145556 wrote:Second place is the first loser. /Dale Earnhardt'd

sportchampps;1147313 wrote:Oh no the school now has two make another diesicion on another student. Let the student present their case and make a ruling a half hour outta the school boards year is worth it for a student to get a once in a lifetime opportunity. If the girl did miss days to help her parents who were in a serious car rep she should walk as well.

friendfromlowry;1147328 wrote:Hell even I have one somewhere.

I Wear Pants;1147526 wrote:You made a massive change in the situation there though.

If the kid doesn't pass the classes then not only should he not walk he shouldn't get his diploma. No Child Left Behind and crap like that are killing our education system. We need to be holding kids back if they do not meet requirements instead of just shoving them through without them learning anything.

That's completely different than a kid who passed the requirements for grades but had to care for his parent so missed more days than most. If you have the grades you should walk.

And walking at graduation didn't use to mean anything in the past either. Graduating high school is not an accomplishment.

sleeper;1147848 wrote:I don't see it as being any different. There are requirements for passing high school, and a kid missing more than the allocated absences should be enough to disqualify him from graduating. You say hold them back, but yet you support a kid missing all those days walking. He didn't pass the requirements to graduate, period.

thavoice;1147878 wrote:Apparently he DID meet the requirements to graduate, just not to walk at the graduation.

I just dont understand that if this kid, and the other one that just came forward, was REALLY missing all this school due to a parent accident, or the cancer treatments, then why didnt they tell the school and such?

sleeper;1147888 wrote:Is walking at graduation really that big of a deal? Who cares? My graduation was boring.

sleeper;1147888 wrote:Is walking at graduation really that big of a deal? Who cares? My graduation was boring.

Maybe I should have missed 16 days of school to, sounds like a great trade.

sleeper;1147888 wrote:Maybe I should have missed 16 days of school to, sounds like a great trade.

se-alum;1147332 wrote:They were when I was in school. We had to bring a note for an absence, and then they decided if it was excused or not, same thing with being tardy. If a teacher thought your shirt was offensive, they sent you to the principal, and he either let you wear it or made you turn it inside out. There were no blanket policies. That's the way it should be.

se-alum;1147332 wrote:They were when I was in school. We had to bring a note for an absence, and then they decided if it was excused or not, same thing with being tardy. If a teacher thought your shirt was offensive, they sent you to the principal, and he either let you wear it or made you turn it inside out. There were no blanket policies. That's the way it should be.

justincredible;1147522 wrote:Why?

Steel Valley Football;1148100 wrote:Everything you've described is an on-the-spot decision - the situation with this student was not that. Had he brought an excuse the day after each absence, then maybe it would be viewed differently by the school admins. Based on everything I've read, he didn't do anything like that; his missed days were cumulative an unexcused.

thavoice;1148128 wrote:Also, it isnt like those appointments would be the spur of the moment. There is no reason why his mother could not have informed the school beforehand.

Steel Valley Football;1146146 wrote:Calling an administration stupid and lazy, while not proposing an alternative solution, including an implementation process, is also stupid and lazy.

Rules are rules.

I Wear Pants;1148138 wrote:Yeah his lazy mother should have been worrying about calling the secretary at the school instead of focusing on not ****ing dying.