My point was that that in ceremonial discourse/epideitic rhetoric, as in all rhetoric, there is an obligation to one's audience. Here's what #3 says:
Be open to what the rest of the grade [class] is thinking. While you have been chosen to write the valedictorian speech and present it, remember that you have a responsibility to try and reflect your classmates' broader interests and wishes too.
If I were his father, this is not how I would have chosen to have this information revealed to me the first time.
A bit thoughtless in some ways, IMO.
I agree there, but how do you know it was news to them? In the article I only see they didn't know about the speech.
P.S: Just remembered another story I heard of a somewhat ditsy friend of a friend who went home to visit his ailing father for the first time in a couple of years. Dad didn't seem so bad so he used the opportunity of Sunday lunch to drop his bombshell that the family name ended with him. Monday, old Dad calls his solicitor to write son out of will. Tuesday, old Dad becomes the late old Dad. Nice going! You get yourself written out of will AND get the blame for killing Pops to boot. I'd make that Coming Out Tip c).
If I were his father, this is not how I would have chosen to have this information revealed to me the first time.
A bit thoughtless in some ways, IMO.
Maybe his dying was the karma he got for writing his son out of the will for such a stupid reason.
Hmmm. While that might be true, it's quite a tough sell to the remaining members of the family.
That he shouldn't be written out of the will for being gay? Why? They want more money for themselves?
More than a bit thoughtless IMO.
He had been referring to Jonathan Allen, America's Got Talent, whose parents threw him out when he told them he was gay.
As for the young Belton student, as much courage as I know it took, and as supportive as I am for the plight of all in the LBGT community, a graduation ceremony is not the appropriate venue for "coming out" to a captive audience who is there to celebrate a graduation, not hear religious recitation nor sexuality confessions.
For one thing, no one would be asking "What makes people think anyone wants to hear about their religious preference, especially if they weren't asked about it in the first place? "
just out of curiosity...how could this guy have experienced prejudice and rejection if he didn't "come out" until graduation? And if everyone already knew he was gay so that they rejected and discriminated against him...what was the ****ing point of officially coming out at graduation?
Yeah. Family should be told first, before any kind of public announcement is made. Give them a chance to deal with it first before making it public.
This goes along with a lot of things. For example, what would it be like if some kid gave a graduation speech telling everyone that she has struggled with dealing with being raped early in the year... and had not told her parents until this moment?
I suspect most drug addicts could say the same thing."I couldn’t change myself even if I wanted and, believe me, I have."
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