Last year I attended my Goddaughter’s graduation from a Catholic High School in Miami. I was stunned at the lack of decorum - the most of them acted like unruly animals (parents included). Profanity, vulgar behavior, and the horrendously loud blasting of airhorns in the auditorium was tolerated equally by parents and staff. Seems after the event would have been an appropriate time to whoop it up...
I attended a homeschool graduation for 14-16 (I can’t remember the exact count) kids.
It was the most respectful, reverent, and focused ceremony I’ve attended since I graduated from USMC boot camp (seriously; not bragging, just mentioned for emphasis). Two of my neighbor’s kids graduated. There was silence where required, applause where necessary, and PRAYER throughout. Try looking for equivalent behavior in a public school graduation.
....finally somebody with the honesty to tell it like it is....and guess what....the riff raff that interrupts the most are the ones headed for a job flipping burgers...they do their best to turn graduations into farces..they do the same thing at their weddings too.....tune into “America’s Trashiest Weddings” on TV to see them in action....more and more schools in our area have adopted a “zero tolerence” policy at graduation ceremonies....and I’m glad.
Agreed. At my daughters HS graduation 3 years ago on the football field, the people standing at the back had staggeringly boorish and obnoxious behavior. This year, for my son’s graduation, we got there very early to grab seats in the front row so we didn’t have to be right in from of all the noise and air horns. I hate to generalize, but the people standing were all minorities.