South Carolina Woman Arrested For Cheering Too Loudly at Daughter's Graduation

[xtn]

I agree that it is rude to do something at an event after you have been asked by the host specifically not to do it.

But I also think it's a silly policy. If cheering is drowning out the next names called, get a louder PA system.

 

[aczlan]

But I also think it's a silly policy. If cheering is drowning out the next names called, get a louder PA system.

Only so loud you can go before people start complaining that it is too loud and OSHA does not look kindly on sound levels in excess of 120db

Aaron Z

 

[xtn]

Only so loud you can go before people start complaining that it is too loud and OSHA does not look kindly on sound levels in excess of 120db

Aaron Z

It's still silly. If my volume solution wouldn't work - and I'm confident 119db would do the trick - then try something else. Book a longer window, maybe.

I've been to events that couldn't be heard over even a crowd murmer, and I've been to some that could be heard just fine over cheering. So I think it is doable.

It's a situation of, "I want to hear my child's name," versus, "I want to cheer." why is one desire any more valid and deserving of protection than the other?

To be clear, I'm in favor of both honoring a host's request and as much silence as I can get. I'm just trying to argue logically without basing my arguments on my own bias.

 

[rtimgray]

The SC incident by the OP and the Cincinnati incident posted by me are two separate cases.

When I click on the link you posted, it takes me to a story from a Fox affiliate in Cincinnati - but the location of the story is in Florence, SC. Unless the links are getting crossed, I have not found a link to a story that took place in Cincinnati, just a story in South Carolina that was picked up by a Cincinnati news outlet. So I think it is the same story, unless the links are messed up.

 

[Mace Canute]

Remember that old saying "Your rights end where my rights start"?

I think it should apply in these cases also.

 

[rtimgray]

And if you don't like the policies that are put in place to attend an event, you should exercise your right to not attend the event. In my opinion, you should not attend the event and disrupt it in exactly the manner you were told not to.

 

[creekbend]

We just attended the graduation excercise for our oldest Grand Daughter. She graduated in December, but the actual ceremony was this past Saturday. After speeches by the Principal and several School Board members, the Principal politely announced to the entire audience to restrict the loud cheering until after all the diplomas were issued. All in all, the attendee's conduct was revalent, but there were a few that pushed the buttom and were quite annoying.

 

[Depmandog]

Our school system graduates around 400 every year. The event is held in a large religious temple, which seats thousands and is a round building.

The district has a large contingent of Pacific Islanders. If i were to guess, i would say they represent 15% of the graduating class. They are very "family" oriented, and mostly all related in some form or fashion. Very supportive of their kids - everyone in the family comes to graduation. I am guessing there were 400 of their family at graduation.

They are also "extremely" vocal for "every" distant relative that graduates So you are talking several hundred people screaming their heads off for their family in a round auditorium.

Even though the district makes a comment to hold applause - most everyone's family choose to make a bit of noise - kind of like - if you can't beat them, join them. So many grads are getting vocal recognition, the kids that don't get any applause probably feel left out. So our family made a bit of noise for just a few seconds, stopping in plenty of time to hear the next grads name.

 

[brin]

My grand daughter, 15 yrs. old, was in a beauty pageant....there were 50 or 60 contestants in her age category and it was in an auditorium at a high school that seated 400 people or so...it was packed and all during the pageant...there was one group of people, about 20 or so in one section , probably a big family and friends of one of the girls that screamed at the top of their lungs and whistled as loud as they could every time the girls name was even mentioned...No one else did it when their child's name was announced...That one group ruined it for everyone...they should have been removed or made to shut up as they were instructed.

 

[Pixguy]

I've worked 100's of graduations through my career in the northeast. As others have stated, many admin.'s request to keep the applause 'til the end, but almost all have small cheers and I've heard very few that were over the top. I believe it's the administrations job to time the names so that most applause, hoots and hollers don't walk over anothers announcement, about 10 seconds each name.

The routiest cheering I've heard was at my son's LEO academy graduation in a urban city, many families who screamed more than necessary, IMHO.

But being arrested....... nope.