[POLL] Graduation Ceremonies: Should Screaming Be Allowed?

The next two weeks in New Brunswick will see a bevy of student graduates, as New Brunswick High School and New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School have their graduation ceremonies on June 18, and the Adult Learning Center has its graduation on June 14.

But no doubt at least some are not looking forward to these ceremonies. Why? Because—while graduation ceremonies around the country used to be highly structured classy affairs—many have disintegrated into hours of clapping, whistling and, mostly, screaming.

Screaming has gotten so out of hand that at least some schools have had to put the kibosh on all the noise.

Indeed, only a few days ago, a South Carolina woman said police escorted her out of her daughter's graduation for cheering and then charged her with disorderly conduct.

According to graduation etiquette websites—and there are several—you should hold your applause until every graduate's name has been called.

You should also turn off your cell phone and stay until every graduate's name has been read out.

In New Brunswick, there is usually a healthy amount of cheering for the graduates - do you think it gets out of hand? Should the noise level at graduation be contained in some way?

Let us know in the comments section below.