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Anonymous wrote:IMO cords are dumb. I went to MIT and it didn't allow anything. In a crazy rat race we don't need even more mini races that don't matter.

+1

It used to be that we made a very big deal out of post-graduate degrees, a big deal out of college graduation, and a minor deal out of high school graduation.

Now, we make a huge deal out of high school graduation (even throwing parties that cost $10K or more), and we expect promotion ceremonies and major school awards at the end of preschool, kindergarten, sixth grade, and eighth grade.

It has gotten way out of hand.

So what? People can celebrate how they want to.

Fine, you can celebrate how you choose. But expecting the schools to host major awards and promotion ceremonies, give trophies for having a pulse, and allow for obscene displays of grandiosity at graduation is out of hand.

So now an NHS stole and a service cord are “obscene displays of grandiosity”? You sound insane.

Aren't most college-bound kids in NHS? Doesn't seem like it's worth any special fanfare.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is there a Girl Scout/Boy Scout cord but no cords for sports?

It is not for participation.

The Eagle Scout and Gold Scout awards are international honors that take years to achieve.

Athletes that win a state medal can wear them at graduation.

Students cannot wear scout participation or sports participation or club participation medals or cords at graduation.

Only honor societies, academic honors and major state/national/international honors are worn.

NP here. I'm pretty sure I saw an Eagle Scout cord listed in a FCPS graduation program last week.

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Anonymous wrote:Where's the list of cords?

Doesn't matter because kids are wearing/buying their own. Too many grads for the school to check and approve.

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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.)

It is important to many of us that children who do well academically and are involved be recognized the way other students are for their non-academic achievements. At my children's FCPS high school, the athletes are recognized with pep rallies, photos on the school web site, parades, write ups in local publications, etc. Academics? Not so much. I think the cords are a nice equalizer. It's one day. It's nice when the enthusiasm for the talents of others (which we do have - we loved being part of a school with great athletics and school spirit) conveys to academics and involvement.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is there a Girl Scout/Boy Scout cord but no cords for sports?

It is not for participation.

The Eagle Scout and Gold Scout awards are international honors that take years to achieve.

Athletes that win a state medal can wear them at graduation.

Students cannot wear scout participation or sports participation or club participation medals or cords at graduation.

Only honor societies, academic honors and major state/national/international honors are worn.

Our school had a cord for both Boy Scout and Girl Scout- nothing about award winners only. Like, they sold some cookies and learned campfire songs.

Anonymous wrote:Why is there a Girl Scout/Boy Scout cord but no cords for sports?

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.)

Anonymous wrote:This new rule, if it’s true, is a crock of horse s*it.

So now, apparently, we have to appease the less gifted kids who skated through high school by not letting the kids who put in genuine effort academically and athletically wear their chords, stoles, medals, and any other accessories showing honors.

If that doesn’t show a decline in FCPS’s standards, I don’t know what else f***ing does.

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Anonymous wrote:IMO cords are dumb. I went to MIT and it didn't allow anything. In a crazy rat race we don't need even more mini races that don't matter.

+1

It used to be that we made a very big deal out of post-graduate degrees, a big deal out of college graduation, and a minor deal out of high school graduation.

Now, we make a huge deal out of high school graduation (even throwing parties that cost $10K or more), and we expect promotion ceremonies and major school awards at the end of preschool, kindergarten, sixth grade, and eighth grade.

It has gotten way out of hand.

So what? People can celebrate how they want to.

Fine, you can celebrate how you choose. But expecting the schools to host major awards and promotion ceremonies, give trophies for having a pulse, and allow for obscene displays of grandiosity at graduation is out of hand.

So now an NHS stole and a service cord are “obscene displays of grandiosity”? You sound insane.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IMO cords are dumb. I went to MIT and it didn't allow anything. In a crazy rat race we don't need even more mini races that don't matter.

+1

It used to be that we made a very big deal out of post-graduate degrees, a big deal out of college graduation, and a minor deal out of high school graduation.

Now, we make a huge deal out of high school graduation (even throwing parties that cost $10K or more), and we expect promotion ceremonies and major school awards at the end of preschool, kindergarten, sixth grade, and eighth grade.

It has gotten way out of hand.

So what? People can celebrate how they want to.

Fine, you can celebrate how you choose. But expecting the schools to host major awards and promotion ceremonies, give trophies for having a pulse, and allow for obscene displays of grandiosity at graduation is out of hand.

Aaaand none of what you describe matches reality.

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Anonymous wrote:IMO cords are dumb. I went to MIT and it didn't allow anything. In a crazy rat race we don't need even more mini races that don't matter.

+1

It used to be that we made a very big deal out of post-graduate degrees, a big deal out of college graduation, and a minor deal out of high school graduation.

Now, we make a huge deal out of high school graduation (even throwing parties that cost $10K or more), and we expect promotion ceremonies and major school awards at the end of preschool, kindergarten, sixth grade, and eighth grade.

It has gotten way out of hand.

So what? People can celebrate how they want to.

Fine, you can celebrate how you choose. But expecting the schools to host major awards and promotion ceremonies, give trophies for having a pulse, and allow for obscene displays of grandiosity at graduation is out of hand.

So now an NHS stole and a service cord are “obscene displays of grandiosity”? You sound insane.

Aren't most college-bound kids in NHS? Doesn't seem like it's worth any special fanfare.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone else's child come home and reported this update for all FCPS graduations next year?

I'm told that since we don't want to make some kids feel bad - no graduates will be allowed to wear honor cords showing their achievements starting with next year's graduations.

Is this what we've come to? Protecting the fragile feelings of some kids who has chosen to concentrate their achievements elsewhere (ie, could be community, sports) or just decided academic achievement wasn't a focus for them. And now no graduates are allowed to celebrate academic achievements.

So disappointed, FCPS.
Want to know if others have heard this as well.

Athletes who win a state championship should absolutely be allowed to wear their medal.

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What medal? Don't they get rings?

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Anonymous wrote:Why is there a Girl Scout/Boy Scout cord but no cords for sports?

It is not for participation.

The Eagle Scout and Gold Scout awards are international honors that take years to achieve.

Athletes that win a state medal can wear them at graduation.

Students cannot wear scout participation or sports participation or club participation medals or cords at graduation.

Only honor societies, academic honors and major state/national/international honors are worn.