Even with program and knowing when the student was coming up, we should have been allowed the same privilege that others had of having the auditorium and family actually getting to hear his name. He worked hard for that honor.
There is a line between applause and obnoxious. We cheered for my niece, but we were not obnoxious. No one was obnoxious, rude or crude.
One problem is the speed in which names are called. By the time they were halfway through the A’s we did not know if the name belonged to the person walking on the stage or the one receiving the diploma or the one (or 2) in the middle. Almost like herding cattle.
As it was even if everyone remained quiet, the names and diplomas were so out if sync we would have missed her had we not had the program. It seems to be the rule, not the exception.
Call a name
Graduate walks & receives diploma
Graduate leaves stage
Call another name
I understand it might take more time, but it sets the tone.