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Post by T-Rex91 on Jun 8, 2010 13:32:32 GMT -5
Ok, people who get honorary PhD's and then start calling themselves "Doctor" was high on my list of peeves, but this displaces that, at least temporarily. An honorary HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA? ?? C'mon people.Fantasia Barrino Receives Honorary Degree From Andrews High From AP: Singer Fantasia Barrino appeared in Greensboro Saturday, but she had a different reason to be on stage. The singer earned her honorary degree while becoming apart of Andrews High School graduation ceremony. Barrino walked with the graduates in a cap and gown at the Greensboro Coliseum today. Andrews High School was among at least five other high schools to graduate from the Guilford County schools system. Source AP Story Source: www.rickey.org/?p=42627
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Post by Oren Ishii on Jun 8, 2010 13:52:03 GMT -5
 SMH I'm just not gonna comment. |
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Post by adisa on Jun 8, 2010 13:54:27 GMT -5
Good. Now she can become an honorary member of a BGLO.
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Post by ReignMan19 on Jun 8, 2010 14:00:31 GMT -5
just FYI.. she DID just receive her GED the school offered to let her walk through a normal commencement as a good gesture.
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Post by Chal™ on Jun 8, 2010 14:04:45 GMT -5
nice
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Post by T-Rex91 on Jun 8, 2010 14:06:08 GMT -5
See, I had not read that. I read she was having such a hard time studying for the GED that they decided to give her an honorary HS diploma. Allegedly she tested ona 3rd grade level. I'll try to find the article I was reading.
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Post by Oren Ishii on Jun 8, 2010 14:10:50 GMT -5
I... Never mind. *walks out* See, I had not read that. I read she was having such a hard time studying for the GED that they decided to give her an honorary HS diploma. Allegedly she tested ona 3rd grade level. I'll try to find the article I was reading. |
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Post by ReignMan19 on Jun 8, 2010 14:12:04 GMT -5
I read that she did... *shrugs*
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Post by BlackPrincess on Jun 8, 2010 14:13:12 GMT -5
just FYI.. she DID just receive her GED the school offered to let her walk through a normal commencement as a good gesture. Ok. I was HOPING that was the order of thangs... |
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Post by T-Rex91 on Jun 8, 2010 14:19:34 GMT -5
My source is Mediatakeout so who knows....LOL. I just have a problem with the concept of an honorary HS diploma except in posthumous cases. That ish just take sit too far.
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Post by ReignMan19 on Jun 8, 2010 14:25:40 GMT -5
I mean ... at least she did get the official equivalency.. I wouldn't want kids aspiring to this but for her... .. well its an expectation...
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Post by G Money$CMB$ on Jun 8, 2010 15:28:58 GMT -5
Good for her... I mean who drops out of high school now-a-days? That's major wack to me. I can see dropping out of college, but highschool?
<disclaimer- I am an advocate for education. I completed 4 years of undergrad and a boatload of certifications in my field of business>
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Post by BlackPrincess on Jun 8, 2010 15:33:26 GMT -5
I mean ... at least she did get the official equivalency.. I wouldn't want kids aspiring to this but for her... .. well its an expectation...  |
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Post by BlackPrincess on Jun 8, 2010 15:36:05 GMT -5
I have never in my life heard of a honorary high school diploma and there should be an uproar against it.
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Post by T-Rex91 on Jun 8, 2010 15:46:50 GMT -5
She had a dream to graduate high school. She may or may not have completed a GED depending on the source. If she completed the GED, why release a news story about the honorary diploma? She could be an inspiration to many young people about it never being too late to achieve goals with just the GED and the cap and gown walk serves as good publicity. It just seems like we're lowering the bar farther and farther if we're now creating honorary HS diplomas for people when earning the GED is an option.
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Post by Alc 06 on Jun 8, 2010 17:28:52 GMT -5
maybe she couldn't read the word "honorary". *shrugs*
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Post by Bunny Hop on Jun 8, 2010 21:26:46 GMT -5
Any school and school system should be ashamed of themselves if they give out honorary diplomas...pure foolishness.
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Post by peppermint on Jun 8, 2010 23:28:46 GMT -5
Isn't there a way to take the GED (or similar test) and recieve a diploma instead of a GED? If she got the GED first and just wanted to walk, the school was nice to let her do so. Maybe honorary diploma was poor wording.
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?? C'mon people.
SMH 
