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It's been a while since Anderson Cooper Attended a High School Graduation.
camlan:
My feelings are these.
Graduation is a formal event. There are certain behaviors for formal events. Interrupting the flow of the event with excessive cheering or air horns or the like is not appropriate. Mild clapping is.
There is plenty of time both before and after the graduation ceremony to indulge in air horns, yelling, screaming, cheering. It should not be that hard to maintain a quieter demeanor for the two hours of the ceremony.
Making so much noise that other families cannot hear the names of their graduates being called is rude.
And finally, one thing everyone I know complains about is the length of graduation ceremonies. The officials do as much as possible to speed things along, but it can still take three hours for speeches and diploma giving at a large school with 400 or 500 graduates. Clapping and cheering for each graduate will just make the ceremony last that much longer, if the person announcing the names pauses to let the cheering die down. Half the reason the audience is asked to hold clapping until all names have been called is simply the amount of time clapping each graduate takes up.
AylaM:
My graduating class has upwards of 650 students that chose to walk. More actually graduated. My mother's class (at the same school) was so large that they had to split up the school day into "morning" and "afternoon" students.
If the announcer waited for the cheering to subside after each graduate, as suggested, we'd have been there forever.
To top it off, as we left the arena, another school was just gearing up for their ceremony.
Everyone there wants to see their graduate walk. If the cheering for the previous graduate drowns out their graduate's name being called, they may very well miss it.
Especially if, like at my hs graduation, there was a whole group of 'added at the last minute' people that were not in any sort of distinguishable order that would allow the parent to predict when his/her student is coming up.
Or worse, they hear the name called, but can't see the graduate because someone in front of them is still jumping around cheering for their graduate.
Arresting people for cheering at a graduation may seem extreme, but I figure it is meant to act as some sort of a deterrent for others.
On another note, by the sound of it, the community service of the football player had to be served by the graduate or a member of his family. I;d hope that those who caused him the trouble would step forward and help out. It didn't sound like they needed 20 hours each. And if that many people were cheering for him that he was singled out for this, then it should be easily divided.
kareng57:
--- Quote from: Ceallach on June 10, 2012, 08:32:08 PM ---I personally think the rules about no cheering or clapping are unrealistic. Plus, who wants to walk across the stage in silence? Yet, I would respect those rules if they were in place. Obviously if people are breaking the rules, it's perfectly ok for the administration to respond to that.
At the graduations I have been to, you clap everytime a name is read and the recipient goes up to receive their scroll. Does that mean sore hands? Yep. And it means some people get more applause than others. But it's nice. And yes, people cheer. They cheer when somebody they know goes up to receive, and then they stop once they've been presented. And then the next name is read. I hear stories on here about excessive noise and rudeness, but I've never come across that. Sure, there's normally 1 family in every crowd who are slightly over the top, but it doesn't disrupt the ceremony. I think it's sad that this is apparently such a big deal in some places.
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I disagree. What is wrong with walking with silence?
You may have been very proud to get your diploma, and had family cheering, but what if that interfered with the next graduate whose name wasn't even heard because of all the noise?
There are other options for "noisy" celebrations - such as a dinner party after the graduation.
Sharnita:
There is also cheering at the end when everybody has walked across.
Ginya:
The parents hands down. My area has graduations that are strictly silent affairs, applause is held until the end and more often than not parents who cheer are not only disregarding administrators wishes but the graduates themselves. My HS graduation I remember distinctly not only myself but the majority of my class at some point saying or mentioning having specifically told their parents/attendees to keep themselves quiet. It was absolutely mortifying to hear anyone cheer or be rowdy, since the announcements are done relatively quickly you were aware that the people behind you weren't heard and you were the cause. My own grandmother and sister had to be removed at my HS graduation and I wasn't put off it the least because it was so shameful that grown adults couldn't follow simple instructions.
My mother just graduated from nursing school and thankfully there was only two offenders who quickly realized from the icy glares they received that they needed to contain themselves. If the rules and administration request that you not cheer during the ceremony it shouldn't be that difficult to comply with, its about more than just that parents kids.
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