Pro or Con: Yelling out at graduation for your student

[jym626]

icygirl- why feel the need to post under a new screenname? Its ok to have a divergent view.

[anothercrazymom]

I always feel self conscious shouting out at sporting events, so I doubt I'll be losing it at graduation! We bid on and won front row seats at S's graduation so I definitely won't want to make a spectacle of myself! I am sure I will applaud quietly when his name is called. Starts with a W so he is about number 124 out of a class of about 130. I would hate, hate, hate air horns.

[Consolation]

icygirl, I strongly doubt that "everyone" enjoyed being blasted with air horns and noisemakers.

But then, those making the noise really didn't give two hoots about anyone else, did they? It's all about them.

[Northstarmom]

"I find it ridiculous that some of you are complaining about how cheers for individual students would add extra time to the graduation and that everyone should just sit quietly and politely. I don't understand what is the rush."

Do you realize that at some graduations a thousand or more students graduate?

I know very few people who enjoy the clamor that air horns make.

Also, if the people running the ceremony ask that there be no applause, etc., it seems that it would be courteous to abide by that request.

People also may have planes to catch and other things to do beside spend an extra several hours at a ceremony.

[Northstarmom]

"Hard to watch this and not snicker, laugh, chuckle, etc. All the while, students are trying to cross the stage and their families are trying to hear their names. "

Snickers, chuckles don't carry far in the large spaces that many graduations are held in.

Unfortunately, that's not true for air horns and cheers....

[Hunt]

Here's my question: if you decide to compromise, and allow cheering, but no air horns or noisemakers, will that stop the yahoos from bringing air horns?

[Northstarmom]

Nothing will stop the yahoos from bringing air horns. They think they should do whatever they want.

[toneranger]

Lots of folks think they can do whatever they want. It's clear from the response on this board. Hmmm...what makes the difference? Host politely asks you to refrain from making noise and to save your clapping and cheers to the end. What makes some folks say - "Stupid rules, I'll just do what I want." Personality? Upbringing? Too much alcohol? All of the above? Maybe it's just that you can't really be caught or suffer any consequences so who cares? Just wondering...

[icygirl111]

Jym626: icygirl- why feel the need to post under a new screenname? Its ok to have a divergent view.

I know its okay to have my own view. I did not make a new screenname smart one. I came across this forum yesterday when I was searching for air horns and graduation on google and couldn't help but add my two cents.


Consolation: icygirl, I strongly doubt that "everyone" enjoyed being blasted with air horns and noisemakers.
But then, those making the noise really didn't give two hoots about anyone else, did they? It's all about them.

Fair enough, not everyone but definitely a great majority at the graduation that I attended. Families brought all sorts of noisemakers, drums, air horns, tambourines, confetti and etc because obviously, I and the others who attended the graduation believe that it was an exciting occasion worth celebrating and appropriate to make noise. After all, it took the grads a number of years to make it to graduation. A couple seconds of cheers is not that big of a deal in my opinion.


Northstarmom: Do you realize that at some graduations a thousand or more students graduate?

Yes, I do realize that. There were a thousand students at the graduation that I went to, that is why some PhD students who were sitting on stage left during the middle of the ceremony (because PhD students were allowed to walk the stage first) since they already took their turn to walk the stage. Their families also then proceeded to leave from the stands and walked through the rows, which was even more distracting than an air horn because they blocked people's view. Besides, how many graduations can a student walk in their life time? Cheers and applause last a couple of seconds so each student can have their time to shine. It's not that big of a deal to fight over.

“Also, if the people running the ceremony ask that there be no applause, etc., it seems that it would be courteous to abide by that request.”

Not every graduation ceremony is asked to be quiet and solemn like a funeral, certainly not the ones I've been to.

[teriwtt]

Families brought all sorts of noisemakers, drums, air horns, tambourines, confetti and etc because obviously, I and the others who attended the graduation believe that it was an exciting occasion worth celebrating and appropriate to make noise. After all, it took the grads a number of years to make it to graduation. A couple seconds of cheers is not that big of a deal in my opinion.

I guess you'll be allowing them at your wedding someday then, right?

Actually, I have the perfect solution... have two different ceremonies; one for the families who wish to hear their child's name (and their friends) called and one for those who don't care about anyone else except for their own kid.

[musicamusica]

"I came across this when I was searching for air horns and graduation"

possibly my FAVORITE quote from CC...............EVER.

[ebeeeee]

wow icygirl...we try to remain civil on this forum.

[toneranger]

"searching for air horns and graduation on google" lol....that IS a classic.

[musicamusica]

"I guess you'll be allowing them at your wedding someday then, right?"

teriwtt----I kid you not....I am so fascinated by the "air horn graduation" search on google, that I did the same. One supplier advertises air horns as being "great at weddings and football games".
I will not provide the link as I do not want to encourage what may very well be a sign of the "end times".

[teriwtt]

I will not provide the link as I do not want to encourage what may very well be a sign of the "end times".

Surely it must be the fourth horse of the apocalypse.