Skipping high school graduation ceremony

frazzled1
Sun, 11 Feb 2018 16:07:23 +0000

I encourage you to follow your inclinations and do something else that night. One of my daughters missed her graduation ceremony due to a conflict with an EC event she considered more important, and has no regrets 10 years later. I’d have missed mine with a great big smile on my face if my parents had been okay with it. I did go but I don’t think I’ve thought of it since 1972, and once I submit this post, I doubt I’ll think about it again.

I understand your concern about consequences for your child who is still enrolled at the school, but if your d’s decision doesn’t become a flap, there will be other students who draw the attention of school officials for offenses that do require consequences. When I disagreed with school policies, I found it effective to give as little feedback as possible and just state the facts - D3 can’t make it that night. Sometimes I do wish that I had decided to battle over one hill or another, and few of our school’s policies were as dumb as this one!