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Reply to "No more Honor Cords, Stoles etc at future FCPS Graduations?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.)[/quote] 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.[/quote] So you would prefer kids achieve to get external validation? And celebrate by purchasing decorative stuff?[/quote]
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