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JD59 · 06-16-2009, 10:23 PM

For teens, there is no greater joy than graduating high school. Shaking off the shackles of education and claiming that hard-fought diploma is truly an epic day. Unfortunately, for several students at Bonny Eagle High School in Maine, their natural exuberance has led to some surprisingly serious problems.

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nicet4 · 06-17-2009, 01:53 AM

Amazing.

America is dead. It was a suicide.

We punish the type who will be innovators and those who think outside the box. Punished by the "be and find yourself" generation.

whitem3 · 06-17-2009, 05:03 AM

Give him the diploma, he earned it. Fire the administrator

scarletneon · 06-17-2009, 07:35 AM

wow, that's incredibly ridiculous. i was thinking i was going to read about some kids going at it hot and heavy while the ceremony was going on... but blowing a kiss to your family? please.

540_804 · 06-17-2009, 07:57 AM

WOW. I assumed it would have been a real kiss that violated some overly sensitive sexual harassment policy.

No, it was simply a fake, blown kiss.

To his mother no less.

You know, the woman who birthed him and raised him, who no doubt played a significant role in any academic success he has had.

Geeze, punish him for paying respect to and honoring his family.

cebdark · 06-17-2009, 08:30 AM

Well, it seems the parents will get a chance to air their views:

Parents to vent after graduation crackdown - Bangor Daily News (http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/108600.html - broken link)

IMHO (and giving it without benefit of having actually witnessed it) I think they may have gone a bit overboard on enforcement.

I can understand the need for order, but blowing a kiss?

dez181 · 06-17-2009, 09:21 AM

That superintendent can kiss thier career goodbye. Ridiculous!

AngelaK · 06-17-2009, 09:32 AM

That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard...........could constitute a civil rights' violation....he earned the diploma, you can't withhold it for any reason. Dumb, dumb, dumb...............

Momma_bear · 06-17-2009, 10:11 AM

Is this serious?

Finger Laker · 06-17-2009, 10:13 AM

i was expecting this to be some private school with archaic rules

definitely was not expecting a public school with a blown kiss to a parent ....... i'm surprised the kid actually sat down, i don't know how I would of reacted

the community should remove that admin