Posted on 05/22/2012 5:25:00 PM PDT by GSWarrior
A high school senior’s diploma was withheld after he Tebowed on stage during his graduation ceremony last weekend.
17-year-old Chuck Shriner played football for Fort Myers Catholic school and thought Tebowing after crossing the stage would make his ceremony “fun” and “memorable.” While his move elicited plenty of laughs, it didn’t go over well with the school’s administration. Shriner’s diploma was withheld at the behest of his mother, who is also a teacher at the school.
“They said what I did would give underclassmen inspiration to do something else, that it might lead to something else,” Shriner said about the administration’s reaction, according to the Naples Daily News. “So they were trying to set an example.”
Shriner actually had to clean the school’s gym as punishment, and his diploma was turned over to his mother who held it to discipline her son. Chuck unsurprisingly had no regrets.
“Moment in my life I’ll never forget, getting my diploma taken away for doing the Tebow on stage in front of (Principal John) Cavell. So worth it,” Shriner posted on his Facebook page.
Shriner shouldn’t be surprised about his punishment. Had he followed the news, he would have learned that a few students were suspended for Tebowing last December.
“She presented him the diploma the following day after he cleaned up the gymnasium.”
Good.
I’m thinking it’s less that she was an atheist and more that he EMBARRASSED her.
At any rate, Big Media ran with it to generate Pontiac’s reaction and ridicule for Tebow/Christianity.
And yes, he acted up when he shouldn’t have at a “solemn” ceremony, but I’ve been to a bunch of high school ones and always seen one or two do something stupid.
Big Media was in this to spike Christianity.
I sense a bit of the 60’s counter culture rebellion is you;)
Your not wearing bell bottoms are you?
makes ya wonder who the kids are.. His Mom is a teacher? that explains it.
Not at a Catholic school my friend.
NO unions, definitely no condoms and you would have to be a closet atheist.
Can’t have any individuality now, can we?!
Oh yeah, every mom always knows just the right thing to do and never makes a mistake.
Mom's the boss. Her kid, her call.
Catholic school. Tebow’s a Protestant. Scandal.
If the Masons steal/borrow something that takes it away from non Masons? It’s like what we let happen to “gay.”
Mom's an abuser.
And she does not have absolute authority. "Her kid" is not her property. The use of her power is supposed to wane as the child reaches adulthood. To use it so brutally at such a late age, especially if it's believed to be appropriate, means the boss mom screwed up raising him- probably by abusing her power all along, by the looks of it.
He's 17 and graduating. Using power has repercussions. At 18 he should walk out on her and let her glory in her power for a decade without him. If she misses him, she can hug the diploma she withheld, and revel in her "power."
That's just my way of saying she was a jerk, if you didn't catch that.
Must have missed it being a Catholic school LOL
For all we know, Mom warned him prior to graduation. “If you do x, y will happen” If so, he did x, she stuck to her guns.
He is 17 and old enough to control his behavior in this type of setting if that is what his mother expected from him.
As I used to tell my own sons, if that is the worst thing that ever happened to you, I want your life.
He was making fun of Tebow, the graduation and prayer in general, and I think his mother’s reaction was quite correct.
Your response is foolish on several levels:
1 - I stated two other things that made me question the boy’s actions BEFORE Mom was mentioned.
2 - I clearly stated that Mom was PROBABLY right (do you know what “probably” means?)
3 - At no point in my post or in my thinking did I propose that all moms are always right.
Your sophist retort is juvenile and just plain stupid - worthy of a democrat!
Read carefully what the story says, not for what you want to put into it. He did this, not to honor God, but to make the ceremony “fun” and “memorable” - by calling attention to himself. His audience laughed at his antics.
This WAS NOT a moment of honoring God and giving Him thanks, it was a case of mocking the act of prayer - for laughs and accolades. Which explains why a Catholic school and the boy’s mother took action.
Let me repeat - this was NOT akin to Tim Tebow taking a knee in honest praise to his Lord and Savior; it is more similar to Steven Tullock mocking Tebow’s display of devotion after sacking him (Tebow).
He was mocking piety, not displaying it.
Ooops! Sorry, your post was entirely about the term “Tebowing”, not the young man.
I should follow my own advice by reading what was written.
I am disappointed at the level of support for this kid’s mockery - as if he were reprimanded for praying. It is the complete opposite, he was punished for mocking prayer. BUT - there is nothing in your post to indicate whether or not you are siding with the defenders of mockery, so my response was misdirected.
aauuuggghhhhh I’m melttttting!!!! You said my post was worthy of a Dem!
aughhhhhhhhhhh
lol
His mother is the opposite of athiest, as far as I can tell. She smacked her self-centered brat for drawing attention to hiself in a ceremony honoring his entire class - and doing so by mocking prayer.
When I graduated back in the dark ages, we rented our gowns and mortar boards. We were handed an empty folder on stage, and received our diplomas when we returned the caps and gowns.
HE (not the media) told us that he did it to make the ceremony “fun” and “memorable”. That is not prayer, that is mockery.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.