Leadership: Where was it?
I attended what was supposed to be a joyous occasion on Sunday...the High School graduation of my niece.
It was absolutely amazing to see the lack of leadership by the Superintendent and Principal. Let me explain.
There were 300 students in the graduating class. 150 of them sat on one side of the aisle on the football field and the other 150 on the other side. Very organized.
When the first 150 students had graduated the presenters moved the podium to the other side to make it easier for the next 150 students to get their diplomas.
What happened next still irritates me. I guess, and I'm only guessing that some people thought the graduation was over for them. You see a lot of the parents and family members of the first 150 proceeded to get up and leave the stadium. Not only did they block the view of people trying to see their loved ones graduating but they also went out onto the football field to get closer to their student. Again blocking people's view.
My question is..What about the rest of the students? Why didn't anyone speak up and can you believe it..tell adults how to behave at a graduation ceremony?
Call me old fashion but I did really want to see my niece as she received her diploma. I had waited eighteen years. And I didn't appreciate having to try to see through people.
Again, I just keep wondering where were the leaders? Scary isn't it, when the town was graduating the leaders of the future and there were none to be found leading them.
Barb...LL
It was absolutely amazing to see the lack of leadership by the Superintendent and Principal. Let me explain.
There were 300 students in the graduating class. 150 of them sat on one side of the aisle on the football field and the other 150 on the other side. Very organized.
When the first 150 students had graduated the presenters moved the podium to the other side to make it easier for the next 150 students to get their diplomas.
What happened next still irritates me. I guess, and I'm only guessing that some people thought the graduation was over for them. You see a lot of the parents and family members of the first 150 proceeded to get up and leave the stadium. Not only did they block the view of people trying to see their loved ones graduating but they also went out onto the football field to get closer to their student. Again blocking people's view.
My question is..What about the rest of the students? Why didn't anyone speak up and can you believe it..tell adults how to behave at a graduation ceremony?
Call me old fashion but I did really want to see my niece as she received her diploma. I had waited eighteen years. And I didn't appreciate having to try to see through people.
Again, I just keep wondering where were the leaders? Scary isn't it, when the town was graduating the leaders of the future and there were none to be found leading them.
Barb...LL
posted by Barb at
4:43 PM
1 Comments:
Interesting graduation arrangement. Perhaps the administration, as you did, relied on the good taste and manners of an adult group. Too often we assume a shared value or code of behavior. The school administrators have been very familiar with crowd control of students and not parents. Next time ...
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Pst4u, at 3:46 PM
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