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<blockquote data-quote="mightymouse" data-source="post: 1876594" data-attributes="member: 15253"><p>Withholding the diploma could or could not be a big deal here.&nbsp; Unless things have changed (and I don&#039;t know either way right now), it used to be that in Oklahoma if you graduated as either the valedictorian or salutatorian of your high school, you were guaranteed a full ride scholarship to the Oklahoma college or university of your choice.&nbsp; (This program was intended to slow down the &quot;brain drain&quot;, i.e., talented students who elect to attend college out-of-state.)&nbsp; It might be an issue to have no diploma if you stand to lose such a scholarship, because it is the diploma that shows that you actually did graduate.&nbsp; I read in another article about this incident that the young lady in question submitted the text of her speech to the school, and used the word &quot;heck&quot; in that copy.&nbsp; Perhaps she misspoke, or perhaps she thought &quot;heck&quot; sounded a bit childish when it came time to say it out loud, but in either case the authorities need to lighten up.&nbsp; &quot;Hell&quot; is not a curse word.&nbsp; Get over it!</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="mightymouse, post: 1876594, member: 15253"] Withholding the diploma could or could not be a big deal here. Unless things have changed (and I don't know either way right now), it used to be that in Oklahoma if you graduated as either the valedictorian or salutatorian of your high school, you were guaranteed a full ride scholarship to the Oklahoma college or university of your choice. (This program was intended to slow down the "brain drain", i.e., talented students who elect to attend college out-of-state.) It might be an issue to have no diploma if you stand to lose such a scholarship, because it is the diploma that shows that you actually did graduate. I read in another article about this incident that the young lady in question submitted the text of her speech to the school, and used the word "heck" in that copy. Perhaps she misspoke, or perhaps she thought "heck" sounded a bit childish when it came time to say it out loud, but in either case the authorities need to lighten up. "Hell" is not a curse word. Get over it! [/QUOTE]

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