高中優等生畢業演講吐髒字 學校拒發畢業證書
Kaitlin Nootbaar, a straight-A Oklahoma high school student, is being denied her diploma because she used the word "hell" in her graduation speech as valedictorian, and she and her parents are furious.
學校拒絕給美國俄克拉荷馬州優秀高中生凱特琳·努特芭頒發畢業證書，因爲她作爲畢業生代表進行畢業演講時說了“hell”這個詞。這樣的結果讓她及其父母震怒不已。In delivering her address during the Prague High School graduation ceremony in May, the teen alluded to instances where people would ask her what she wanted to do with her life as graduation approached, to which she said, "How the hell do I know? I've changed my mind so many times."
普拉格高中在5月舉行了畢業典禮，凱特琳在演講時說道，隨着畢業臨近，別人會問她以後想做什麼，她略微提了幾個例子，然後說道：“見鬼，我怎麼知道？我的想法都變了好多次了。”The statement received laughter and applause from her fellow graduates, her father said. But when Kaitlin went to collect her diploma this week, school officials said they won't release the certificate until she writes an apology for using the word.
她的爸爸說，下面的畢業生聽到這話都大笑着鼓掌。但是當凱特琳這周去領取畢業證書時，學校官員說他們不會給她證書，除非她爲說了這個詞寫一封道歉信。
The script for the speech, inspired by Eclipse: The Twilight Saga, includes the word "heck," but Kaitlin used "hell" in the moment. She says she doesn't intend to write the apology requested, as she earned the diploma through coursework, state exams and extracurriculars. The teen has also earned a full scholarship to college.
凱特琳的演講稿是受到《暮光之城3：月食》的啓發，裏面用到了“heck”這個詞（hell的委婉語），但是凱特琳當時卻用了“hell”。她說她不打算按照要求寫道歉信，因爲她是通過課業、國家考試、課外活動得到畢業證書的。凱特琳也已經拿到了大學的全額獎學金。A similar incident occurred in June when high school senior Anthony Cornist was denied his diploma because, school officials said, his friends and family cheered so loudly for him that it disrupted the ceremony.
6月也發生了相似的事件。學校也拒絕給高中畢業生安東尼·柯尼斯特頒發畢業證書，學校官員說，因爲他的朋友和家人慶祝的聲音太大了，打擾到了畢業典禮的進行。"I did nothing wrong except walk across the stage," the Ohio teen told WCPO at the time. The school demanded that the student complete 20 hours of community service to obtain the certificate.
“除了走過舞臺，我沒做什麼錯事。”當時這名俄亥俄州的青少年告訴WCPO的記者。學校要求這名學生完成20個小時的社區服務之後才能拿到畢業證書。Across the country in Brentwood, Calif., more than 20 students from Heritage High School were suspended and denied from walking in their graduation ceremony in June because of a senior prank that school officials said went too far.
在加利福尼亞州布倫特伍德，來自海瑞中學的20多位學生被處分停學並被拒絕參加6月份的畢業典禮，原因是因爲學校官員認爲他們的惡作劇太過分了。For their grand exit prank, the teens tied a lamb to a pole, relocated a 500-pound concrete bench, stole school banners and splattered paint around campus. The students' parents sought legal action to stay the suspensions so the teens could take exams required for graduation.
這些學生導演了一場大型的畢業惡作劇。這羣青少年把一頭羔羊拴在一根杆子上，把一張500磅的石椅挪位，偷竊了學校的橫幅，在校園裏頭亂塗亂畫。學生的父母採取了法律手段暫緩了處分，這樣孩子們還能參加畢業考試。
