I want to get a message to the President that he should address the current high school seniors across America. They had their senior year ruined by this virus. My daughter, for example, had her senior prom cancelled 3 hours before it was supposed to start. We were literally putting the final touches on her makeup when the school's robocall came in that all high school functions were to be cancelled immediately. This included prom, all awards ceremonies, the senior play, the senior trip to Disney World that we had being paying for all year, and now graduation. School just unceremoniously ended. They don't even get to say goodbye to the friends they've been with for years. No one is really talking about them. They feel forgotten and unimportant. And, really, so do the parents. I feel that we were robbed of this milestone, too. This is such an important transition for the whole family.
I was thinking that maybe if the President addressed the high school seniors directly that it could ease some of the sting.
Thanks, pedes!
It's a tradegy that this supposed virus, has ruined so many important milestones for millions of people all over the world. My condolences to your daughter and her graduation class.
Couldn't agree more with you. Every year, my son (a senior in high school) has watched other kids get academic awards. He made the commitment last year that he was going to work his ass off and take as many A.P. courses as possible and study. He has made straight A's, was student of the month, came in 9th on a national exam, got accepted with scholarship into a major university engineering dept, etc.. The kid has turned it around like nothing I have ever seen. All self-motivated. It breaks my heart that he won't get the recognition that he worked so hard for.
This is a great idea. I wholeheartedly support you.
That is fantastic. You must be so proud! He deserves recognition from his school and his peers. Having it instantly disappear sucks - no other way to say it. This is why I am angry. You see your kids work so hard to achieve something and, through no fault of their own, they are robbed of it. My daughter was one of only 5 recipients of a Marine ROTC scholarship in our state and she was really looking forward to the awards ceremony, so I feel your son's pain. I wish we could do something as parents, but we are helpless and at the mercy of our states and school boards. I admit that I was jealous of the Air Force graduation.
Thanks for saying that. you must be very proud too! One thing is for sure... We are both lucky parents! Keep fighting for your daughter. I will do the same. ;)
There should be rescheduled graduation ceremonies. Even if it later in the summer. I graduated college in the December semester and wanted to walk to get my diploma so I went back in May. I already had a job so it wasn't easy to get back, but dang was it ever worth it.
He has the recognition, especially from his parents, and from himself, who proved to himself that, with really hard work, he did and could accomplish anything he sets his mind to do, in the future.
And all of us here, congratulates him for his successful endeavors and his 'STRAIGHT A' are also recorded in his final grades... BRAVO TO HIM!!!
Thank you!!!
Life will reward him. Sounds like a great kid.
The White House .gov site has a contact page where you can get a message to the President. That would be the easiest way to get your suggestion to him. It is a damn shame that high school kids got cheated out of their end of year celebrations. It is one of life’s important milestones and they deserve better.
That's a great idea. I'm going to do that! Thanks!!
Agree. Seniors already have plans. College apps, trips, jobs/apprenticeships lined up. A lot of preparation is involved and it all came to an abrupt stop.
The everyday citizens of America have lost a lot.
Yes..."the everyday citizens of America"
Lots of disappointment, loss, stress. Uncertainty. It's not fun times, that's for sure.
That hit me right in the feels pede. I'm a small insignificant person, but I have worked meme magic once here already. I'll try again just for you!
I didn't get to go to prom in high school because I was socially awkward in a bad (crime ridden) school
this was one of my first thoughts, I hurt for the class of 2020.
If I were a rock band, I'd throw a prom tour in honor of 2020 and class of 2020 kids can get cheap tickets
Yes! The wife and I figured this out a long time ago and it breaks our hearts. Prom/graduation are major coming-of-age events and this'll be the first generation to miss that. Hopefully two things can happen, the seniors get redpilled about the why and who, and something can be planned to make up for it, maybe a nationwide coordinated event.
When you're at the grocery store checking out and your clerk seems of this age, ask. Let them know people care. There's plenty of snowflakes out there who could use a nice "hair on the chest" moment, but doesn't mean we don't have to make an effort to right it.
Im “graduating” from my university this semester...
Commencement cancelled, friends sent home, classes online, now my grandparents can’t watch their eldest grandchild graduate college.
Fuck China. Fuck Nancy Pelosi. Fuck the fake news.
This is an excellent idea!!! It would mean so much to so many kids....and 1st time voters...
I agree. My son has been a 4.0 student while playing 3 sports. Has been accepted to a lot of colleges, some with scholarships. In addition to missing out on all the high school milestones, he also can’t physically visit any colleges before he makes his decision. We had 2 weeks of college tours booked that we had to cancel.
He now has to make arguably the biggest decision of his life (at least so far), by only viewing stuff online and never seeing the physical campus or talking to anyone in person.
Class of 2020 got seriously fucked. Luckily my son is red pilled already, as are many of his friends. They are just sad and pissed off.
Ugh, we had the same problem with my daughter. She got a full ROTC scholarship to any school and she can't visit any school before choosing. Mad, mad props to your son!! You should be so proud. And screw China for robbing our kids and us of this time of celebration.
Class of 2020 did get a raw deal. Especially when you look at data in some states and question why they would even need to cancel these events.
Ive thought about this a lot. I feel so bad for those kids. It easily could have been one of my children. They each missed this by a year, one ahead and one behind. And how can any of this be made up to them? It can't. And your daughter must have been devastated! This is all so awful.
I hope Trump speaks to the seniors.
I would try tweeting Don Jr.
The media lining Trump to reopening the country is one of the society things they could do because everyone wants to go back to living
Damn OP :( that's terrible.... I think that's a great idea
My heart is broken for the Class of 2020. What you wrote here expresses the loss everyone feels so well.
Please still have her graduation party sometime this summer! That's a big part that you can still have, all the friends and family, the cake, the "congratulations" decor, and the gifts and money that's traditional to help them start adult life.
She doesn't have to miss that part!
We are definitely having a party. I'm actually going to send out invitations and ask everyone to come up with an "award" to give her - being silly or serious and ask her ROTC teachers too that she was very close to so they can officially award her the scholarship. We are going to do it as big as possible. I'm even going to ask people to wear their graduations robes, if they still have them. We are going to set up chairs like a graduation and everything. I'm mentally planning it now and waiting for things to open up so I can start officially planning it.
So glad! I love seeing traditions carried on. Some "trolls" don't realize that these milestone events mean a lot to the older folks! And some families aren't rich and the money gifts are very helpful.
Some families had it easy, but many struggled for 18 years to get their kids to make the grades and stay out of trouble, so they could graduate!
Keep up those traditions! I recall having words with my daughter when her first child graduated. She didn't want to send invitations to older out-of-state friends and relatives, saying they couldn't attend and it would seem like she only wanted the money. I told her they want to send money, and they will be offended if you don't invite them and honor them with the chance to send it! That's tradition, pass it on!
I made that mistake when my son graduated. I had several family members that let me know that I was misguided. I thought the same way as your daughter and I regret it. I swore I wouldn't make the same mistake this time. I guess you never stop learning from our parents, no matter our age. Thank God!
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Absolutely!!!!
Why? They can be addressed next year when they finish.
It happened! Did you see today??
Nooo!?! My daughter was scheduled to graduate yesterday and we were doing things to celebrate it. Thank you for telling me!! I'm going to see if I can find it!
The President should say something. This is a great idea. I’ll go onto his website and request this.
I'm sorry, but high school milestones are bullshit. The prom? C'mon people. Tell your kids life begins after high school. The best milestones are college graduation, your first job, buying your first home, getting married, having your children. Some stupid awards ceremony run by commie teachers and administrators? Please.
You’re getting downvoted, but I agree with you. I understand that it’s important for some people, sometimes maybe more important for their parents, but anyone who seriously thinks the best years of their lives are in highschool are either still in highschool or live their lives as if they still are.
Not saying kids aren’t disappointed, but maybe prom isn’t as important as everyone pretends it is.
It's American tradition. I missed my prom and regret it, outside of your own wedding you never get the dress formally and party for a few hours
Attending other weddings and work parties isn't the same at all, lighten up.
When Trump wins lets hold MAGA balls all over the country and any 2020 seniors can come and celebrate
Solution? Force them to take senior year next year.
That would be like a dream come true for me. I went to my senior prom and afterwards we went to party with some friends and her being all religious told me I could choose her or beer. I choose beer. Prom is gay as crap anyways. Nobody really enjoys it.
High school is a joke, why give it more importance that it deserves? It's meant to propagandize leftist values, that's why all the school administrators are corrupt democrats.
apt username.
I'm serious. It's an awkward age, you don't learn much useful, and life only gets better. Why worship it? I understand you're incapable of disagreement and the downvote button makes you feel powerful, but home-schooling is better and doesn't involve "muh football" worship that elevates the slow kids to the top.
I'll agree that homeschool is miles better than most of what's offered, but there's no harm in celebrating the transition milestone. Life is supposed to be getting real for them, that's why we allow the hoopla. I homeschool mine and the groups I'm part of are in the same boat, the equivalent events have all been defered. It's a bitter pill.
I just don't think we need to actually make it much of a milestone. Kids go on to think they accomplished something when it's four years of complete bullshit, then they go to college thinking they have a clue.
I forgot most of all four years but I don't remember them fondly. It was idiot worship through-and-through coupled with leftist propaganda.
I respect your position and understand where you're coming from. I rail against the ineptness and downright evil of our current education system and it's sick that we're not only allowing it but funding it. That's a shitty example to send to the kids if we're raising them correctly. I suppose if there's any silver lining to this it's the lesson that life can suck for some more than others.
Precisely. Most high schools spend more funding on football than on anything else. It's idealized in the media because the media needs to sell middle-schoolers TV shows, and the jackasses who worship football had it as the apex point of their life when they mattered but couldn't make it into college football.
I recognized this fact in high school and didn't even bother to get my picture taken for the yearbook. Why elevate a clown show? Why raise something beneath oneself on a pedestal?
Hell, part of compulsory schooling is so children have somewhere to go while women work. Because nobody makes enough to feed a family on a single job anymore.
And I’m serious too.
I was in polite agreement with your opinion until that. I get that you had a miserable time in high school. That’s just statistics. Some people appreciated the schooling and activities, some didn’t. That’s a bummer but, just like on Reddit, there are people who actually have a different opinion then you. Weird, I know.
Also, that downvote button is used, in this instance, for people being jerks.
They downvoted me after they posted that.
High school was bullshit. And you're lying about having agreed with me. I call someone out for using the downvote button and then you pretend I was the aggressor. Fuck off with your lying.
Maybe your high school experience was bullshit and you hated it. Not everyone does.
My son has a strong group of friends who worked their butts off together studying and all got accepted to great schools.
Sure the politics of school sucked sometimes (catholic school so less than public school I’m sure). But they made the best of it and worked hard. They shouldn’t be berated for missing out on things like Prom or Grad Night that are part of American culture, even if it seems cheesy to you.
I agree it’s not the most important thing in their lives, but it’s a really big deal them right now, because it’s what they know.