No more Honor Cords, Stoles etc at future FCPS Graduations?

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Anonymous wrote:This pisses me off. My son has been working his butt off for the 40 hours for the service cord. And how he can’t wear it??? Wtf.

LOL. 10 hours per year?

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Anonymous wrote:Good. The cords are expensive and mean nothing.

Why does it mean nothing to get good grades in multiple AP classes, get over a 4.0 GPA, complete service hours, be in National Honor Society, etc.?

I haven't been to a FCPS graduation, but do they actually announce all these things or print them in the program? Is there a program? If not, they are at least a visible way to acknowledge hard work and success.
I think it's crazy to do away with all of that.

We already don't have valedictorians or class rank, which is a real problem on college applications.

Equity über Alles (in FCPS).

LOL!!!

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I paid 16$ two weeks ago so my kid could get their Latin Honors cord.

She chose not to join NHS bc she didn't see the point, however was mildly jealous of not having stole to wear once she saw everyone with them.

It is a bit of a joke but honestly, who cares. Doesn't matter.

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Why is everyone saying that the cords are waste of money and/or expensive? My child has lots of cords and medals and hasn't paid for a single one.

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TJ only allowed the service cord when my kid graduated in 2022. Meanwhile our base hs kid has a stole and so many cords that he looked like he was a professional wrestler.

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Anonymous wrote:This pisses me off. My son has been working his butt off for the 40 hours for the service cord. And how he can’t wear it??? Wtf.

LOL. 10 hours per year?

YOU DON'T KNOW HIS SCHEDULE!!! /s

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Anonymous wrote:Why is everyone saying that the cords are waste of money and/or expensive? My child has lots of cords and medals and hasn't paid for a single one.

It depends on the school. Some charge.

FYI, you can make your own at Michaels. A kid in my son's class made his own and submitted a bunch of bogus scholarships and acceptances to the senior awards slideshow

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Anonymous wrote:Thank God the equity bs will be long gone in college. Kids are recognized with cords at college graduation based on GPA.

Have you been to a college graduation recently? All of them wear so many different things now. No one can tell which is for academic honors and which is for some club they were in.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank God the equity bs will be long gone in college. Kids are recognized with cords at college graduation based on GPA.

Have you been to a college graduation recently? All of them wear so many different things now. No one can tell which is for academic honors and which is for some club they were in.

And it doesn't matter there either.

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I don't agree with this but it's a good life lesson. Even professionally there have been times where I was excelling but management purposely slow rolled me so as not to hurt the feelings of slower coworkers. I wasn't told that at that time, but several years later.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank God the equity bs will be long gone in college. Kids are recognized with cords at college graduation based on GPA.

Have you been to a college graduation recently? All of them wear so many different things now. No one can tell which is for academic honors and which is for some club they were in.

Damn, did seeing that give you cancer or did you lose a leg?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't agree with this but it's a good life lesson. Even professionally there have been times where I was excelling but management purposely slow rolled me so as not to hurt the feelings of slower coworkers. I wasn't told that at that time, but several years later.

I don't know how you shoulder the weight of such an excruciatingly difficult life

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Anonymous wrote:I don't agree with this but it's a good life lesson. Even professionally there have been times where I was excelling but management purposely slow rolled me so as not to hurt the feelings of slower coworkers. I wasn't told that at that time, but several years later.

I don't know how you shoulder the weight of such an excruciatingly difficult life

Shut up.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, could you please articulate why this is important to you/your kid?

(To be clear, I ask this question as the parent of kids who do very well academically, and their graduation accessories are not something that matters to me, so I'm trying to understand where you're coming from.)

The reasoning the kids were given is to protect the feelings of those who don't have honor cords -- who (whether voluntarily or involuntarily) decided not to join the honor societies or organizations that the honor cords denote. So, some kids are not being allowed to celebrate their hard won success to protect the fragility of others.

This is the same thing as the "participation trophy" in kindergarten soccer - -except now we are talking about adults about to enter the real world.

They can celebrate with family and friends. It is easy enough for a parent to make a toast be say "we are so proud that you graduated and that participated in list of X activities."

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Anonymous wrote:This pisses me off. My son has been working his butt off for the 40 hours for the service cord. And how he can’t wear it??? Wtf.

I think the real WTF should be that your child is ONLY volunteering so he can get the service cord and not because volunteering is both good for him as an individual and for his community. WTF, indeed.

Oh shut up. All the kids do all this stuff for college and you know it.

40 volunteer hours is nothing as far as college apps go. And fwiw, he’ll still get the sticker on his diploma.