tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32281953.post7470253664648885766..comments2023-05-17T09:55:59.040-05:00Comments on The Whining Schoolboy - <i>tales from a mostly-boring public high school teacher.</i>: "As School Year Comes To End, Civilization Hangs by Ever-Fraying Thread"School Master Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08698932512420895256noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32281953.post-69753565819802685882009-06-18T10:01:56.653-05:002009-06-18T10:01:56.653-05:00I forgot to mention that air-horns were also prese...I forgot to mention that air-horns were also present at our little shindig. At least there was no silly-string, however. I'm aware of a family member's graduation that was marred by silly string and beach balls. it so enraged the senior citizen portion of the family that they wrote a letter to the editor of the local paper, though they were from out of town and didn't actually live there.School Master Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08698932512420895256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32281953.post-34879175534810826432009-06-18T08:33:21.953-05:002009-06-18T08:33:21.953-05:00I actually was at a high school graduation where y...I actually was at a high school graduation where your fantasy occurred. Of course, it was back in 1982 - long long ago. At the last HS graduation I attended, I actually made sure I made clapping noise for everyone because some seemed to have so few people in attendance for them. My family is huge so there was quite a bit of noise for our graduates, including, unfortunately, a canned air horn. You really don't get much trashier than that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com