Oklahoma high school valedictorian Kaitlin Nootbaar has been denied her diploma because she used a curse word during her graduation speech. Nootbaar said she had wanted to be a nurse, then a veterinarian, but that when people ask what she wants to be now, she responds "How the hell should I know? I've changed my mind so many times." The speech was inspired by Twilight in which a character uses a similar phrase during a graduation scene. School Superintendent
...moreOklahoma high school valedictorian Kaitlin Nootbaar has been denied her diploma because she used a curse word during her graduation speech. Nootbaar said she had wanted to be a nurse, then a veterinarian, but that when people ask what she wants to be now, she responds "How the hell should I know? I've changed my mind so many times." The speech was inspired by Twilight in which a character uses a similar phrase during a graduation scene. School Superintendent Rick Martin called Nootbaar "an outstanding student" but "unfortunately, she did not present the speech as written and used language that was inappropriate for a graduation exercise."
