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Video: High School Valedictorian Kaitlin Nootbaar Denied Diploma for Saying 'Hell' in Speech
Oklahoma City's Prague High School has denied valedictorian Kaitlin Nootbaar her diploma, even though she has a 4.0 GPA (video below).
Nootbaar was denied her diploma because she used the word “hell” in her commencement address, reports KFOR-TV.
Her father David Nootbaar told KFOR-TV: “We went to the office and asked for the diploma and the principal said, ‘Your diploma is right here but you’re not getting it. Close the door, we have a problem.’”
Apparently, Nootbaar’s written speech was slightly different from the one she delivered on graduation day. In the text she turned into officials, she’d written the word “heck," but she said “hell” instead.
David Nootbaar said: “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.’”
Unless she sends the school an apology, she will not receive her diploma, which is a problem because she’s supposed to start college soon. Kaitlin says she will not apologize.
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If I was this girl's father,
If I was this girl's father, I'd make this principal's life a living Hell until he gave up the diploma with an apology of his own. Had this girl been a minority, I'm quite sure this would have never happened.
What the Hell? I never fail
What the Hell? I never fail to be amazed at what ignorant people hold important positions.
Is anybody surprised? In
Is anybody surprised? In Oklahoma they clearly don't value intelligence.
Since this is Oklahoma, if
Since this is Oklahoma, if she had said, "those gays are going to go to hell because they are sodomites", would they have given it to her with a ribbon?
Jerome McCollom
Prague is not in OKC, Michael
Prague is not in OKC, Michael Allen. Once more you write a story with no fact checking. Yes, the principal was wrong......I guess idiots come in all walks of life, not just writers for OV.
It's not even a swear word,
It's not even a swear word, it's just an excuse for an insecure principal to compensate for his microphallus.
Bart: "How can I talk about
Bart: "How can I talk about Hell if I can't say "Hell"? Marge: "Urrrgh." Bart: "Hell, Hell, Hell, Hell..." Marge: "Stop swearing; we're not in church anymore."
Seriously, she violated community standards; she should apologize and get her diploma.
Will you apologize for all
Will you apologize for all the times you've said hell? You've said gays are going to hell and liberals are going to hell among others. Why the hell wouldn't you have to apologize?
Remove the school board, lets
Remove the school board, lets get real about our way of life. We let the politicians run our lives and they the politicians hate Americans. Wake up America get rid of these bottom suckers.
Sue the hell out of him.
Sue the hell out of him. Literally.
Another reason, as if we
Another reason, as if we needed one more, to sell the schools. Get the government out of education.
The government had nothing to
The government had nothing to do with this. It was the principal.
I'm not surprised at all
I'm not surprised at all because I grew up in Oklahoma where the Baptist church has a choke-hold on morality.
As an 8 year old attending a Baptist church in Oklahoma, I remember thinking "if the preacher is right, then the world is a really screwed up place." I did not hear messages about love, tolerance or compassion. Instead I heard about shame, fear and punishment.
Most okies are fairly tolerant, but the baptists have an air of moral superiority, which unfortunately, is not mirrored in their actions.
Maybe all the Baptists should
Maybe all the Baptists should "convert" to being Methodists, who were characterized by Tom Skerrit's character in "A RIVER RUNS THROUGH" as Baptists who can read.
I would sue the moron posing
I would sue the moron posing as an educator no matter how it turns out. He deliberately humiliated this student and I would have told him, "Fuck you, asshole" and immediately taken it to an attorney and sued the school board as well for putting this arrogant SOB in place.
ALL I can say is that this
ALL I can say is that this utter moron they are calling a principal is VERY lucky I was not in that crowd attending this graduation, as if I would have witnessed his refusal to hand over the diploma to a student with a 4.0 grade point average......well lets just say the news headline would have read a LOT different that this one did....something like.... principal gets beaten to almost death by a guy with a diploma in his hand who then proceeded to insert the diploma into his rectum........surgery was needed to remove the diploma from the principals ass....
It amazes me at the stupidity of people like this nut job who refused this PERFECT students diploma....a high school graduation is a ONCE ONLY in a life time thing/experience....you do not get a do over......this MORON completely RUINED this for this person. WHAT A SCHMUCK!!
The principal refused to hand
The principal refused to hand over the diploma in the office, not at the ceremony.
Then what happened at the
Then what happened at the ceremony?
That school is obviously run
That school is obviously run by a bunch of pussies.
Ah, Oklahoma. Competing for
Ah, Oklahoma. Competing for dead last again. It only makes sense that this school would punish a 4. student and hold her diploma. They would rather she qualify for federal funding by being a retard like the rest of them. Perhaps she will learn a lesson; when you are surrounded by ignorance, it's best to play along. I hope she takes her smarts and moves far away to a place where achievement and commitment are celebrated not stolen. Go north young lady.
Ah, Oklahoma. Competing for
Ah, Oklahoma. Competing for dead last again. It only makes sense that this school would punish a 4. student and hold her diploma. They would rather she qualify for federal funding by being a retard like the rest of them. Perhaps she will learn a lesson; when you are surrounded by ignorance, it's best to play along. I hope she takes her smarts and moves far away to a place where achievement and commitment are celebrated not stolen. Go north young lady.
Sue... This principal and
Sue... This principal and school board are on an unjustified power trip.
The lawsuit is guaranteed if
The lawsuit is guaranteed if she's delayed in getting into another school. It's the principal who should apologize.
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