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School Backs Down, Won’t Punish Grads For Tossing Caps In The Air
WBBM.COM ^ | 29 MAY 2014 | WBBM.COM

Posted on 05/29/2014 6:53:41 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist

NORRIDGE, Ill. (CBS) – Less than a day after telling graduates they would not receive their diplomas until they apologize for tossing their caps in the air — despite being told not to — a suburban school district has reversed course.

On Wednesday, Ridgewood Community High School District Supt. Robert Lupo posted on his blog that Ridgewood High School graduates repeatedly were told not to throw their caps in the air at the end of Tuesday night’s commencement ceremony, because people could get hurt.

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To: JennysCool

Sounds like assault to me


21 posted on 05/29/2014 7:32:17 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: JennysCool

“Um, I don’t think even people outside the bubble expect to get a scratched cornea at a graduation ceremony.”

Sh!t happens. This has been going on at least 50 years since my graduation.

If you don’t feel comfortable wear safety glasses or don’t go...


22 posted on 05/29/2014 8:06:37 PM PDT by babygene ( .)
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To: babygene

Or charge them with assault


23 posted on 05/29/2014 8:08:46 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL; JennysCool

Sunds like an accident to me.


24 posted on 05/29/2014 8:10:42 PM PDT by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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To: JennysCool
Um, I don't think even people outside the bubble expect to get a scratched cornea at a graduation ceremony.

No one ever expects a scratched cornea...


25 posted on 05/29/2014 8:11:40 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

They might replace the mortarboard toss with a High School District Superintendent toss.


26 posted on 05/29/2014 8:24:42 PM PDT by TChad (The Obamacare motto: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.)
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To: TChad

If they all launched their hats like missiles at school officials, how long would it take to ban them?


27 posted on 05/29/2014 8:27:04 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

The piece of paper you get that the call your diploma is just a piece a paper. Your final transcript is the only thing a college or employer should ever want to see. That is the document that proves you completed the requirements of the school.


28 posted on 05/29/2014 8:46:34 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: GeronL
If they all launched their hats like missiles at school officials, how long would it take to ban them?

I did a search for "razor edged mortarboard" but found nothing. Might be a business opportunity.

29 posted on 05/29/2014 8:52:49 PM PDT by TChad (The Obamacare motto: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Well you know those caps are black, and of course tossing them might be construed as a symbol of white privilege tossing black people aside so that black people don’t get anything. That might offend people. So, we can’t toss black caps.


30 posted on 05/29/2014 8:52:59 PM PDT by Free Vulcan (Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead...)
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To: Free Vulcan

some of these caps are actually “assault caps.” In the right hands they can be deadly. There was a character in a James Bond movie who used an assault cap. He could cut your head clean off.


31 posted on 05/29/2014 10:28:06 PM PDT by Vehmgericht
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To: Vehmgericht
There was a character in a James Bond movie who used an assault cap.

Yes, Oddjob in Goldfinger:


32 posted on 05/30/2014 12:40:43 AM PDT by TChad (The Obamacare motto: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Some of these folks can’t wait for the Zager and Evans song to come true. I wonder if they ever try to consider who will be at the controls of all the devices that make it unnecessary for them to move or do other “dangerous” activities...


33 posted on 05/30/2014 3:54:25 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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