Administrator suggests families could face $1,030 fine for cheering during graduation

FOX59 ^ | May 9 2018

[EdnaMode]

GREENVILLE, S.C. – A $1,030 fine for cheering at a graduation ceremony?

An administrator at a South Carolina school warned students and parents about the possibility, according to the Greenville News.

The newspaper reported that a slide shown at a school assembly said the following:

Since graduation is a dignified and solemn occasion, graduating seniors and their guests should behave appropriately. Please ask your guests not to call out, cheer, whistle, or applaud during the reading of names and presentation of diplomas.

The citation for family members yelling out is $1,030.

[EdnaMode]

Cheering is the best part of graduation.

[silverleaf]

Not when it drowns out the name of the next kid
Save it until after

[rjsimmon]

+1

[hal ogen]

“Educator” moron...typical . Lighten up , Francis.

[WilliamCooper1]

A certain ethnic demographic treats graduations like they are at an NBA game...

[rightwingcrazy]

Why not just gun them down? That’ll stop all those nasty, undignified parents for sure. Or perhaps it would be better to find a form of discipline more appropriate for this infraction.

[CommerceComet]

Not when it drowns out the name of the next kid

How about the dean reading the names just wait until the noise dies down?

[NorthMountain]

Not when it drowns out the name of the next kid Save it until after

Right. And twerking after receiving your diploma just tells everybody else you're a boor and a trashy person.

[beergarden]

“Please ask your guests not to call out, cheer, whistle, or applaud during the reading of names and presentation of diplomas. “

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Well, thanks a lot Sargeant Buzzkill. I’m sure this clown had the worst graduation ever and wanted to transfer his misery to others.

[utford]

Sounds like they plan to fine people after the diploma has been handed out. How do they plan to enforce the fine - why would anyone pay it?

[NorthMountain]

How about the dean reading the names just wait until the noise dies down?

Because it triples (at least) the length of the ceremony. Do it your way, and each troop or feral primates will hoot louder and longer to out-do the last.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Right. And twerking after receiving your diploma just tells everybody else you're a boor and a trashy person.

Do they do that often these days?

[Grampa Dave]

A certain ethnic demographic treats graduations like they are at an NBA game a soccer match...!

[NorthMountain]

I have seen it more than once.

[Lockbox]

Here’s a check for $1,030 and a set of ear plugs.........

[Freee-dame]

Many schools hold their graduations in large venues where they have a limited amount of time. Should they just skip the kids whose last names are at the end of the alphabet?

[Red Badger]

Yes, and it has slowed down the graduation ceremonies to a crawl........................

[Pearls Before Swine]

You guys are killing me.

I haven’t been to an HS graduation in, oh, 15 years or so.

Thanks for the cultural update.

[rdl6989]

It has been going on since at least 1989 that I am personally aware of.

[Red Badger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-JiThvckcI