 chicagojay
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
 855 Posts
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Thursday, June 07, 2012 2:31:32 PM
@Neagle, in the Carlin quote, please replace "big wealthy business interests" with "teachers union". |
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chicagojay
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
855 Posts
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Thursday, June 07, 2012 2:30:39 PM
Now the boy suffers because the momma has principals. Just do the service. Maybe in a library? Then he can read some morez. |
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 cheeseb
Male, 30-39, Southern US
163 Posts
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Thursday, June 07, 2012 8:56:13 AM
Where is the video of the actual incident? You know everyone had their cell phones out in full force that day. I hate sensationalized media coverage that only covers people's opinions without covering the facts at the center of it all.
By the way, funniest part - 1:06 I almost cried 'cause that was so funny. |
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mackin
Male, 30-39, Western US
211 Posts
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Wednesday, June 06, 2012 5:35:24 PM
I knew Fancy posted this before I saw his name. I wonder if Fancy spelled it "Cerimony" in his HS if they'd let him graduate. |
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 ladyleo_666
Female, 18-29, Europe
132 Posts
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Wednesday, June 06, 2012 1:59:24 PM
That's really out of order.
Also, well done to him for graduating high school, only just being able to read... |
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 chickiesue86
Male, 70 & Over, Canada
273 Posts
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Wednesday, June 06, 2012 11:52:39 AM
oh and *ceremony. |
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chickiesue86
Male, 70 & Over, Canada
273 Posts
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Wednesday, June 06, 2012 10:35:12 AM
wow. everyone in my graduating class would be in trouble if that was the case. |
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 New_Guy
Male, 30-39, Europe
329 Posts
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Wednesday, June 06, 2012 5:43:22 AM
@neagle nice quote. |
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 phil7243
Male, 18-29, Australia
143 Posts
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Wednesday, June 06, 2012 1:28:39 AM
Cheering? It's a celebration and you can't cheer loudly? I don't get it |
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 Neagle
Male, 30-39, Western US
1405 Posts
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Wednesday, June 06, 2012 12:17:26 AM
George Carlin on American education: “It will never, ever, ever be fixed. It won’t get any better. Don’t look for it....The owners of this country don’t want that... The real owners, the big wealthy business interests that control things and make all important decisions. They own you. They own everything... They own all the big media companies. So they control just about all the news and information you get to hear.... They want more for themselves, and less for everybody else.... They don’t want well informed, well educated people... They want obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork...”
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 OldOllie
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
8722 Posts
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Tuesday, June 05, 2012 10:13:27 PM
@LordJim are you really that f***ing stupid that I have to explain this to you? I've been to a number of graduation ceremonies over the years, and yes, black people tend to whoop and holler much, much more than white, Hispanic, or Asian people do when one of them graduates.
Also, I don't know about where you come from, but here we have this thing called affirmative action that gives preferential treatment to blacks over whites and Asians even if their grades and test scores are lower. |
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 lawndartsftw
Male, 40-49, Canada
1815 Posts
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Tuesday, June 05, 2012 9:53:24 PM
Is cerimony related to alimony ?? Just askin' |
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jamie76
Male, 30-39, Western US
2249 Posts
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Tuesday, June 05, 2012 9:26:43 PM
SUE THE poo OUT OF THAT SCHOOL and the principle. such bullpoo. |
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 ggolbez
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
1814 Posts
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Tuesday, June 05, 2012 9:07:40 PM
That's drated up.
On a side note, how was he able to graduate without being able to read something aloud? |
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 MagicBob
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
4 Posts
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Tuesday, June 05, 2012 8:09:40 PM
It's worth looking into the culture of the NCAA and college sports, that allows for athletes to be exploited for their talents while not getting anything in return.
Perhaps he's not qualified to attend college, where plenty of others out there are. But who's opening the door for him to do so? Certainly not the high school, regardless of his academic ability.
So long as universities have a major financial incentive to recruit football players in what basically amounts to a de facto farm system for the NFL, this will continue to play out in America. |
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 Brassbull
Male, 30-39, Southern US
1608 Posts
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Tuesday, June 05, 2012 5:55:11 PM
Well, tbf I knew a couple football players who graduated HS and couldn't read at all. Actually one didn't graduate because he quit the football team his senior year. |
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 Squrlz4Sale
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
3319 Posts
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Tuesday, June 05, 2012 4:28:20 PM
It would be a lot easier to cheer this kid on if he could demonstrate a reading ability higher than the 5th-grade level. Granted, not everyone's going to be a linguistic wizard, but if this kid's entering college, would, say, an 8th-grade reading ability be too much to ask? |
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 fancythat
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
1394 Posts
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Tuesday, June 05, 2012 3:50:45 PM
lol @ 1:03 to 1:13. Awwwww, this HS graduate can *almost* read! |
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 Kain1
Male, 18-29, Europe
1283 Posts
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Tuesday, June 05, 2012 3:50:18 PM
So, do you imagine any of that is likely to happen, unless the wronged party sues?
Probably not, no. But that's ALSO not what i suggested. My suggestion was, and i quote: "In short, sue the man, not the school!"
My problem is not with him taking legal action. It's with him taking legal action against a public institution, and in the process punishing hundreds of innocent people, instead of against the man responsible.
If there's some good reason why that's not a good idea (other than profit), i'll shut up. |
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 NOCASH
Male, 18-29, Canada
401 Posts
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Tuesday, June 05, 2012 3:39:45 PM
Highschool is a joke and a half these days, they cheered for everybody at my grad. I dont see the problem with showing some good emotion for these kids success.
For the people rippin on him cause he isnt a great reader, you are all foolish. |
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 freddyferret
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
9843 Posts
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Tuesday, June 05, 2012 3:23:07 PM
My 20 hours of community service would be going around the school posting signs about the stupidity of the administration. I totally understand why they wouldn't answer calls, they know they're being douchebag morons and don't want to try to dig themselves out of the crater they're in now. I hope a lawyer takes the case pro bono and destroys these idiots. |
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 whodat6484
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
2245 Posts
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Tuesday, June 05, 2012 2:49:41 PM
Not sure if spelled "cerimony" wrong on purpose or as stoopid as this kid is... |
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GatorGrad09
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
14 Posts
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Tuesday, June 05, 2012 2:19:49 PM
Should have said withholding diploma for not learning how to read. |
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 patchgrabber
Male, 30-39, Canada
5263 Posts
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Tuesday, June 05, 2012 1:46:36 PM
T-T-Today Junior!
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 McGovern1981
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
10208 Posts
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Tuesday, June 05, 2012 1:41:16 PM
I be goin to collamadge ta playz da footballz dey even payin mez fo it!!(The biggest flaw in scolarships athletics over intelligence.) |
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