r/MadeMeSmile • u/skunksignals • 2h ago
I think we all should learn something from him
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u/playr_4 1h ago
I don't get why you wouldn't clap for everyone.
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u/skunksignals 10m ago
He did more than clap, he called them by their names like they were his own kids. He woke up and chose peace and love by being everyone’s dad ❤️
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u/Phrei_BahkRhubz 43m ago
Attention span. You'll get 45 seconds to a minute and a half of claps from me before the repetition of names being read and the crowd cheering immediately afterward turns into white noise.
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u/Atropos_Fool 11m ago
I teach at a community college and attend graduation ceremonies at least once a year. It’s pretty common now for families to cheer wildly for their graduates and then immediately leave. By the time they are announcing the “Rs” the venues are usually more than half emptied. I feel like the old man shaking his fist at the clouds, but I feel like we used to attend the entire event to celebrate everyone more.
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u/Signal_This 1h ago edited 1h ago
Everyone cheered for everyone at my child's graduation a few years ago. I guess that's a small town thing? It would be so boring just sitting there waiting for your kid. 🤷♀️
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u/MatureUsername69 1h ago
They straight up didnt allow cheering at ours until the end
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u/TheAnn13 1h ago
This is mainly so it doesn't take 17 hours
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u/MatureUsername69 1h ago
Im from a small town. We had one of the largest graduating classes out of our school with like 105 people.
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u/Veteranis 50m ago
My high school graduation class was over a thousand. A cheer at each name would’ve stretched just that part of it to about two hours. And that doesn’t include the rest of the program.
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u/Signal_This 1h ago
What? Why?
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u/LuvDaDogs 1h ago
My grad 30+ years ago had this rule. At the time, we were told it was just in case someone didn't have anyone there, so they wouldn't feel bad. Seemed reasonable, so no one I knew complained. But this guy would have made that unnecessary.
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u/Signal_This 1h ago
Yeah, if everyone cheers every time then no one feels bad and it feels more fun and celebratory.
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u/MatureUsername69 1h ago
You know I'm not actually sure. I feel like their had to be a pretty egregious cheer at some point in the past. The rule was to not cheer for individual students
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u/fantumn 1h ago
I know at ours it was specifically so that it didn't take 10 hours. If the announcer had to wait until everyone was done cheering for each kid so that the next kid could be heard times 440 kids, it would've been forever. Plus if your family takes 3 minutes to settle down it's pretty selfish to hold up the ceremony, cheer on your own time not everyone else's.
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u/Signal_This 19m ago
I didn't even think about that, my child's graduation had less than 100 kids and it already felt incredibly long!
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u/GuardingxCross 17m ago
Yeah it would take us hours to get through our roster. You just had to wait until the end.
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u/Sir-Grumpalot 1h ago
Not exactly the same, but my little boy "graduated" from nursery a couple of years ago. Everyone was sat outside and each child came out to everyone clapping, came on the little stage, had a photo, and walked off, everyone clapping them.
My little boy is mentally and physically disabled, we were worried people would laugh or gasp when he came out, he came out with the help of some staff, there were some "aww's" from the crowd, but it might be in my head but im sure the clapping was louder and longer for him (well, it was definitely longer, it took him twice as long to get to the stage).
Those claps from every other patent completely melted my heart.
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u/Substantial_Sun_4265 1h ago
What? I've done that for all my kids' graduations, and I wasn't the only one
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u/InterestsVaryGreatly 1h ago
You said each individual's name?
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u/Cyd_Snarf 46m ago
I’ve been to high school and college graduations where one or more people don’t have “someone” for them in the crowd so go ahead and clap for everyone, awkward quietness is brutal when being honored for your accomplishments.
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u/thekrock23 1h ago
He reminds me of Penn and she reminds me of Valerie Bertinelli when she was on One Day at a Time. But that's neither here nor there. He is a gem.
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u/why0me 54m ago
Oh man, before I got hurt at work I was a gm for Taco Bell and I had a lot of teenagers and I got invited to go to graduation and I was cheering for all my kids and the people around me were a little confused cuz I had like 8 of them walking one year and im screaming like im actually their mom cuz ive known most of them for a coupel years and ive seen them struggle and work hard for this and I ahd to explain myself cuz the family next to me thought I was a foster mom and had asked how many kids I had total and when I said "35" they looked real shocked till I explained I was their manager
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u/ImTedLassosMustache 1h ago
A little bit different, but I teach high school and cheer for all students at graduation, not just the ones I had. You never know who might not have people there to cheer for them.
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u/RussMan104 1h ago
I’ve done this, mainly bc of boredom. Although I do like joining in for kids’ names when there’s little or no cheering. 🚀
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u/Mainetaco 42m ago
By the time my daughter graduated I knew all of her classmates in or way or another. You are proud of them in your own way.
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u/SmartieCereal 34m ago
My daughter graduated college last year and most of the families just sat on their phones until their kid got on stage, screamed and yelled like absolute idiots, then left. By the time the kids at the end got on stage most of the crowd was gone, and about 1/4 of the kids graduating had walked straight out instead of sitting back down after they got their handshake on stage.
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u/Zealousideal_Mall218 30m ago
I've been to five uni graduation ceremonies and in every one everyone in the audience clapped for all the students. Kinda a horrible thought only cheering for your own student, what happens if they don't have family? Is it just dead silent? Lots of respect to this guy though if he's the only one in the crowd doing it
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u/MediocreAndLukewarm 9m ago
Wait. I thought everyone claps and supports the graduates?! What selfish prick is only cheering for their kid?
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u/Criss_Crossx 4m ago
I don't remember applause when I walked for undergrad. I was so dialed in and nervous. I couldn't even see my parents in the arena.
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u/bi_polar2bear 1h ago
I don't even have kids and I cheer for every kid if I'm at some event. I didn't know people were that selective.
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