What can families do to stand out in an audience for a graduation ceremony?

[Nancyg56]

If they didn't make the grade, they wouldn't be graduating.

The concern is not that the students did not literally make the grade, but where their grades stood within the entire group. We know that students are rewarded for academic achievement and I commend that the tip students be recognized. I have a real problem that a school would also recognize in such a visual way the students who did well enough to graduate, but whose grades were at the lowest rung of the academic ladder. Talk about negative feedback!

 

[mom2rtk]

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This was at my grandson's 6th grade graduation. The entire time, all I could think of was this thread. They were suppose to have it on the soccer field but it rained so they set up canopies and told parents to bring fold up chairs. Everything is good until this woman stands behind her friends and in front of some kid's grandparents. She had a son about 15 standing next to her. The grandfather person behind her asked her to sit. As rude as ever, she turns around and tells him he should have gotten there earlier. (There are about 3 more rows of seats behind the grandparents. Keep in mind, she walked up AFTER the grandparents had been sitting there.

Her 15 year old son left to go in the back but this woman stood there the entire time with her phone/camera up. Too bad her 15 year old has better sense than she does. I would never think to stand up if I wasn't in the last row (but you know, her son is special to be graduating) and 2, I would never speak to a 70 (looked to be) year old person like that ever. What is wrong with people? (the whole time I kept thinking the grandma sitting behind her kind of looked like her but they weren't related).

oops sorry the picture is so big, I reduce it to 50%

Well, bless her heart. She apparently cared enough about every single member of the class to stand the entire time.

Maybe she could send that man a picture of his grandson.