"Quite frankly I find it disgusting. She completed the same education as everyone else. Hell, she even completed the same rehearsal as everyone else, but got stood up at the same graduation as everyone else just because she’s in a wheelchair."
Washington Township High School in Gloucester County sent home letters to family of students set to graduate later this month. The letters explained that a dress code for people attending graduation will be so strictly enforced that people will be thrown out who violate it...
Friday was a pretty huge day for me - I graduated college! Last week, I told Dennis and Judi that I was planning to decorate the mortar board on my graduation cap, as many students do. I was very happy with the finished product, and saw some awesome caps from my classmates as well.
Do you need an independent celebrity speaker at your college graduation? If the person has a connection to the school or the people in it, and will do it for nothing then it's a good idea. With all due respect, speeches are not as meaningful when they are given by a big name celebrity who travels the country doing the same prepared speech for any school, and was written a giant check to be there.