tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8536341857800046518.post7795073505830179417..comments2023-10-27T05:45:49.995-04:00Comments on Different Than Average: Rewarding Mediocrity - Why Preschool Graduation Ceremonies are Stupidajoneswebbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16053635120787684708noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8536341857800046518.post-1803221653094513432021-05-27T22:07:56.667-04:002021-05-27T22:07:56.667-04:00I fucking love everything about this article. &quo...I fucking love everything about this article. "Graduating" preschool is absolutely ridiculous. Graduating 5th grade and 8th grade is just plain asinine. We can't keep congratulating kids for things that are expected of them. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18197098773987820995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8536341857800046518.post-64932768695022480642019-05-31T13:59:05.836-04:002019-05-31T13:59:05.836-04:00Dumbest things ever. Why would anyone think these ...Dumbest things ever. Why would anyone think these are appropriate? Did anyone not pass preschool and went go on ?no. Then it's stupid Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04854517477064710356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8536341857800046518.post-17417607631818083892019-05-16T12:06:22.860-04:002019-05-16T12:06:22.860-04:00Yes and and in addition to the guilt trip you will...Yes and and in addition to the guilt trip you will receive if you don't attend these idiotic events you must listen to the groups of morons who scream and yell at the top of their lungs and clap like baboons when their child's name is called for the third grade graduation drowning out all other namesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13592421012954223438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8536341857800046518.post-2857449280679854692017-07-10T23:08:38.308-04:002017-07-10T23:08:38.308-04:00This is so disgustingly on pointThis is so disgustingly on pointAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8536341857800046518.post-4942060643848455362017-06-09T12:12:23.743-04:002017-06-09T12:12:23.743-04:00This is so true. I'm contemplating a leave of ...This is so true. I'm contemplating a leave of absence on Facebook until "graduation season" is over. I'm so over the child-centered universe we now live in. Congratulations, your kid graduated 8th grade. BFD! I even have one friend who is doing picture collages for her kid who is moving from 9th to 10th grade. Get a damn life. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8536341857800046518.post-38060969670988409822017-05-23T23:55:02.217-04:002017-05-23T23:55:02.217-04:00Have a pizza party if you want to celebrate comple...Have a pizza party if you want to celebrate completing a grade. The kids don't know or care about graduation. It's the parents who are kinda bullied into making a big deal out of something that's not. And now parents HAVE to participate to not emotionally scar their 4, 5, and 6 year olds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8536341857800046518.post-70785814804552200652017-05-19T15:34:54.275-04:002017-05-19T15:34:54.275-04:00You are all a bunch of self indulged people. You a...You are all a bunch of self indulged people. You are the reason that kids grow up to be mean, selfish, and entitled. To you it may not seem like hard work to get through pre-school, but that just is not the case. I actually teach preschool and will be having a small celebration for my students that will be transitioning to Kindergarten. I have students that started the year off with no English, students that didn't know their own names, students that showed up everyday and worked to finish my class. I will be celebrating this accomplishment. <br /><br />You can sit around and party with all your money, but know that in the end the parents that participate will have children who actually want to take care of them when they are old. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8536341857800046518.post-87315801920193618252016-09-25T16:55:11.677-04:002016-09-25T16:55:11.677-04:00Douchy parents with no lives are the ones who perp...Douchy parents with no lives are the ones who perpetrate this foolishness on thinking, productive people. Who has TIME for this? Mila Kunis and Christina Applegate just did a movie where all this crap was the center of the action. Cristina Applegrate ruled the PTA with an iron fist. Mila Kunis does her best to make Christina Applegate's pretentious crap look even more ridiculous than it is by definition. My wife and I just had a baby and everyone is saying "you're gonna have to sign up for soccer" and "you're gonna have to bake cookies for bake sale." Hey. Guess what? My wife and I don't have to do one thing we do not CHOOSE to do. We run businesses and have lives. We are not your cookie messengers. Neither of us have any interest whatsoever in PTA, bake sales, or other groupthink activities filled with nothing but mundane conversations, lame oneupsmanship contests and not to mention it's just a HUGE waste of time. Don't like our point of view? Good. We don't want you anywhere near our kids. Our people are the ones who have fun parties with alcohol and cool music and sit around talking trash about the losers who put this stuff on. Your only recourse is to talk trash behind our backs with all your friends who are all sad clones of each other while we count the massive amount of money we earn and travel the world flying first class. Have fun eating cookies. I will be on the Spanish coast eating goat cheese and drinking really expensive wine with people way more interesting than you and your kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8536341857800046518.post-75321781641712911162015-04-28T08:24:19.038-04:002015-04-28T08:24:19.038-04:00So very well put. So very, very true. And yes, the...So very well put. So very, very true. And yes, the piles of meaningless, useless, and wasteful trophies accumulated in my attic until they made their way to the dump. What a relief despite my guilt in contributing to filling up the landfill! Well said, Alice and it needed to be said. I hope the whole world reads these important words. Ann Conlon-Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8536341857800046518.post-73738574658695281992015-04-28T08:10:26.100-04:002015-04-28T08:10:26.100-04:00Wow. I don't think that possibility that it mi...Wow. I don't think that possibility that it might be the only graduation they will experience is an excuse. If they really wanted to graduate, then they should stay in school, study, and work hard. <br /><br />It's an insult to give someone a mock up of something that really means something, just because they might not get a chance to have the real thing. That just broils my biscuit, to use a Southern phrase. ajoneswebbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053635120787684708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8536341857800046518.post-11003262610650506792015-04-28T06:36:19.472-04:002015-04-28T06:36:19.472-04:00Ridiculous! This is one of my pet peeves.
Daught...Ridiculous! This is one of my pet peeves. <br /><br />Daughter 1 "graduated" eighth grade. She didn't benefit in any way other than a new dress. Stupid. Daughter 2 was transferred to a non-ridiculous school (for many reasons) where eighth graders were recognized at the end of the year program because they were leaving. She didn't shrivel up and cry in a corner or suffer for not graduating. <br /><br />I asked why the first school made such a fuss over eighth grade. "It's the only graduation some of these students will have." I guess they should stay in school if they want to graduate, eh? Ah well, you made it to school every day this week so here, have a trophy.Robinhttp://robinfollette.comnoreply@blogger.com