THEY CAN’T DO THAT
A NYC g-school student blasted her school during her valedictory address. The educrats weren’t happy.
The valedictorian of a Brooklyn high school was escorted out of the building and denied her diploma yesterday because she trashed the school in a scorching graduation speech.
The school says it won’t give Tiffany Schley her sheepskin until she says she’s sorry – but the 17-year-old is unrepentant.
I think this probably falls under the First Amendment. Someone call the ACLU.
5 Responses to “THEY CAN’T DO THAT”
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Comment by Rikki June 26th, 2004 at 6:44 pm |
you know, it’s odd how there are alot of these types of stories, ones where the school didn’t like what the student had to say and refused to give them a diploma. I don’t see how they have that right, the child completed all the right courses, jumped throught all the hoops. How is it possible for them to not give them a diploma? |
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Comment by MYSTIC June 28th, 2004 at 8:09 pm |
At my graduation, my principal trashed the entire class. “The best years of your life are over! It’s all downhill from here! Now, you’ll have bills, jobs, children, divorces, etc.” For some strange reason, I liked his speech a lot better than the ones that the mayor and some unknown lady gave at the Baccalaureate. |
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Comment by John June 29th, 2004 at 3:56 pm |
It’s amazing how many people can offer criticism of something, but not offer a way to fix it. If she truely cared for her school then she would have went beyond just complaining about the problems, but offer an idea to fix them. |
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Comment by Daryl Cobranchi June 29th, 2004 at 4:28 pm |
Why is it her responsibility to fix the school. She’s not running them. She’s 18 years old. The teachers and educrats ran it into the ground. I think she’s pretty gutsy pointing out that the emperor has no clothes. |
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Comment by Jennifer June 29th, 2004 at 6:11 pm |
For John: From the article I read, they cut the microphone before she got to the positive stuff. We’ll never know what she intended to say because she never got the chance. |
