"Her quote was, when she first started school she wanted to be a nurse, then a veterinarian and now that she was getting closer to graduation people would ask her what do you want to do and she said ‘How the hell do I know? I’ve changed my mind so many times," David Nootbaar said.
The audience laughed and she was given a round of applause at the end of her speech. But when she went to pick up her high school diploma last week, she was told by the principal she will not get in until she writes a letter of apology.
Her father is furious with the school and said administrators have no legal right to refuse to release the diploma as his daughter was a straight-A student. Kaitlin said she will not write the letter as she believes she didn’t do anything wrong, but she is due to start college in just a few days on a full scholarship. The local school superintendent declined to comment on the matter which he said was "confidential".
With news video.
4 comments:
The administrators are being petty, but now that the story is global, they cannot back down.
Nootbaar has already moved into her college dorm and will be fine. Once you've got a degree, a high school diploma doesn't seem all that important.
Only in the USA.
JT (of WWJTD) provided a sample response letter to the principal:
http://freethoughtblogs.com/wwjtd/2012/08/20/thirteen-years-of-hard-work-means-less-than-a-pseudo-curse-word/
Lurker111
Thanks to Miss C for the update. It sounds like this will not affect her college entrance.
Her critics at her ex-high school should try to enter the present millennium.
Hopefully the Oklahomans with brain will stand up to the Neanderthals on the School Board.
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