Student Denied Diploma Because Family Cheered Too Loudly at Graduation Ceremony
 

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An Ohio mother is fuming today after her son was recently denied his diploma because she and other relatives cheered too loudly for Mt. Healthy senior Anthony Cornist as he walked on stage during the high school's graduation ceremony.

"Teachers, other students and other family members who weren't with us were also cheering for him also. He's well known," Traci Cornist said of the Fighting Owls' second leading tackler.

But the school thought the disruptive behavior warranted a withholding of Anthony's diploma. "I will be holding your diploma in the main office due to the excessive cheering your guests displayed during the roll call," said principal Marlon Styles, Jr. in a letter to the student.

His diploma will be held hostage until Anthony performs 20 hours of community service, but his mother is refusing to cave in to their demands. "He's definitely not doing the community service," she said.

Anthony, meanwhile, is concerned about how the delay could impact his higher education. "I have a college right now that definitely needs my diploma," he said.

Downstream in South Carolina, the no-cheering policy claimed a second victim when a mother was hauled out of the South Florence High School in handcuffs after she expressed ebullience at the sight of her daughter receiving her diploma.

Shannon Cooper was charged with disorderly conduct and released on a $225 bond.

"Yesterday can't be replaced," said her daughter Iesha. "I'm gonna remember. She gonna remember for the rest of her life. My mama went to jail on my graduation day."

facepalm x 1000

unbelievable

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Wouldn't have happened if the mom was a white, affluent, soccer mom.

looks like a pattern :2 cents: jail or denied the diploma. community service because your family cheered :helpme community service was put in place for criminal punishment. :Oh crap

ridiculous, who comes up with these rules and laws?

The red states. :1orglaugh

Have you heard idiots at graduations? It's fucking annoying and I don't blame them..

people cheering like mad must of became a problem so they made a rule against it, and you can't pick and choose when to enforce it.isn't clapping enough? maybe these are first people in the families to graduate or something? i don't know but it only seems to be a problem in certain places.

I hope they kick up all kinds of shit over this.

I hate wankers that go on power trips.

I bet the principle is five foot nothing and was bad at sports. Little Man Syndrome.

its one day! :1orglaugh i say let them cheer with pride. some families don't have many graduates. :2 cents:

hmmmmmm.... You work your ass off raising your kids and making money to support them. You work when you are at home trying to give them good values and make them study. After 18 YEARS OF THIS you get to one of the big goal lines. You see one of the most precious people in your life achieve this big goal. You are so happy and proud after all this time and effort that you yell and cheer.


That makes you annoying and you should be arrested....








huh.



Ok.


Interesting viewpoint.







.:2 cents:

it's high school not a phd
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The fucking moron is so stupid he thinks that he actually NEEDS the physical diploma to get into college.

You graduated. The actual piece of paper means dick.

Who gives a shit about Ohio

Another example of "zero tolerance"? I'd have to guess so.

Ridiculous.

Ohio is a swing state, not red.

And this is why my family moved from Ohio lol!

I'm gonna assume not the first time 'her momma went to jail'. Can't follow simple directions!

:1orglaugh go, mommy, go!

If I earned my paper, gimme my paper. Just because I don't need it don't mean you can find creative ways not to give it to me. :1orglaugh

Nothing to do with white or purple. Imagine you hear name "Darius Brown" and then all hell break lose for next 45 seconds. Meanwhile they announce names of your kids which you can't hear because of "Thats my hommie, yo... We'z made it. 49th street rules!". Fuck that.

No, their parents had manners.