A Very Costly Kiss: Senior Denied Diploma

I believe a WTF! is in order.

First, no hugs in schools. Now, no affection for our families? Are we trying to teach children that being an emotionless asshole is the way to, dare I say, happiness?

Schools such as high school, middle school, etc. need to lighten the fuck up. What happened to the phrase, "Kids will be kids"?

Pettiness = evil . I hope my son blows me a kiss when he graduates . It was a beautiful way of saying "thank you " and sharing credit ... Most the parents I know work very hard and this small victory is , in no small part theirs as well . If that was really in the rules , they need to be modified .

I suggest horse-whipping the arrogant bitch (Suzanne Lukas), in order to teach Her just how important & powerful She REALLY is...

Obviously the school system is not working hard enough to make our children productive, emotionless worker bees.

It is hard to believe that they would make such a fuss over blowing a kiss.

I'd shudder to think what would happen if they had streakers like they had at my graduation, the principal's head probably would've exploded!

Outrageous!

23485768934756 These little moments build our children's character. Maybe the school administration at Bonny Eagle High School in Maine expected well tuned robots, instead they had happy and loving young man and women.

The administration is trying to make this a dignified event for every one. These are behaviors that can escalate and demean the graduation. In addition they have a lot of graduates to run through the program and don’t have time for an individual ceremony from each student. He could have choose not to walk, and just get the diploma and move on. They will give him the diploma a few weeks late. I knew a guy one time that dropped out of high school and went straight to college. He graduated with a BS when he was 19 and became a doctor afterward.

lol, unclecharlie, do you remember one of Obama's appointees is Muslim and he was quoted as saying the Shera law would fit in very well in America. Sounds like it is already here. People should get a sense of humor or this world is going to implode from wrinkles and gritchy old people. Probably the principal did this because he knew his time was about up and he would never be able to rule kids again, now he is going to be put out to pasture and be nothing more than some rotting flesh in a wheelchair. So he lashed out at the expression of love, which he has never had. The old principal will just go home and do the Kung Fu Carradine closet dance. How is that for being opinionated? Hmmm bwahahahaha

School superintendent Suzanne Lukas has way more power than brains.

The diploma wasn't issued for what the student accomplished on that day, but for years preceding that day.

The graduation is only a ritualized ceremony, a sort of right of passage ceremony the diploma should not be dependent upon. What a joke!

And to discipline the kid for blowing a kiss to his parents is a slap in the face of the parents. Way to much power in the hands of people who shouldn't have it.

Unrealistic and unfair rules shouldn't be enforced.

This was wholly inappropriate behavior displayed by the would be graduate. Showing affection to members of your family should be punishable by death. Now, this is what I would say if this was Iraq, and I was a member of the Taliban. This, however, is the USA, and to discipline this kid for being affectionate to his family is pretty anti-American, as well as absurd! Those who punished this poor kid should be disciplined with at least a letter of reprimand, and ordered to give a full apology to this kid and his family.

What kind of message are they trying to push?

Showing love for your family = BAD?

Power... Power...Power
Welcome to the ugly world of power abuse :(
I feel for the young men and his family.

high school officials getting their last bit of jerk pointless behavior in before they don't have control over the kids anymore...

This is ridiculous. When I read the headline I thought he must have kissed the principle on stage or something. I was shocked that all he did was show affection to his own family.

what a way to ruin a great day...there is no do overs at your high school graduation and got humiliated in
front of all his classmates...damn that hella sucks...

@clevertitania on twitter says "No effing way! RT @Gamdel: Liberal Political Correctness Gone Mad: Senior Denied High School Diploma Over a Kiss"

@ChadSimpson on twitter says "Aren't there more important things to get onto kids for than this? Much ado about nothing in my opinion."