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Anonymous wrote:This is really sad. Our kids work so hard and they deserve recognition. My sons are now adults and loved FCPS. I feel bad for the youth today.

No one stops parents from throwing as big a party as they'd like for their kid, at which the graduate can wear whatever they want.

The whining is astounding.

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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.

That’s your take.

My take is they can list honors in the graduation program without families springing for all these miscellaneous cords and stoles that are now way over the top.

If the kids just wear their graduation gowns we’ll also avoid the annual outrage when some students are wearing stoles with political connotations.

That will be the next to go. Larlo's feelings, and his family's feelings, will he hurt because it says nothing next to his name. "It's not fair!!!"

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Anonymous wrote:So 8 pages in - anyone actually see proof that they are not going to be allowed going forward?

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Not that I have seen.

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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.

My senior this year was told by staff that this was in the works they were worried it was going to happen this year-but it didn't they had their cords and their NHS stole. I hope these are all just rumors my kids were so happy to have earned these and wore them proudly. Also there is one for athletes and community service hours.

Major "peaked in highschool energy". Baby needs a trophy for every little thing?

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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.

Volunteering is good for him and the community. How does wanting a cord to show his accomplishments change that? The two are not exclusive. The cord was an incentive.

It’s no different from getting a trophy after a sport season. Is your child only playing a sport to win a trophy? No, but it’s a nice way to end the season and it recognizes their hard work.

I am deeply offended that you and the rest of FCPS didn't attend my daughter's swim banquet to watch her receive a ribbon. How dare you!

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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.

Volunteering is good for him and the community. How does wanting a cord to show his accomplishments change that? The two are not exclusive. The cord was an incentive.

It’s no different from getting a trophy after a sport season. Is your child only playing a sport to win a trophy? No, but it’s a nice way to end the season and it recognizes their hard work.

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.