Milestones in a child’s life, particularly graduations, are typically marked with proud cheers and raucous applause. But one school has sparked widespread debate, and no small amount of bemusement ...
The University of Oxford passed a motion banning clapping to prevent anxiety among students. (Photo: Getty) Students are urging the University of Oxford in England to ban clapping out of fears it ...
This elementary school graduation is giving dictatorship, says a commenter. Others insist there’s a good reason behind the rules. Graduations are usually a joyful affair. They are a time for caps and ...
Parents at a kindergarten graduation were told they could only clap once per child during the ceremony. TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager and guest co-host Michelle Buteau react to the video and weigh in on ...
Well, this is just…WEIRD. A mom named Angelica posted a video on TikTok and showed viewers the unusual rule that attendees had to follow at her child’s elementary school graduation.
The confused and proud mom of a kindergartner went viral on social media after posting a video from her child’s graduation ceremony where parents were forced to withhold their applause — or most of it ...
Hand clapping is ubiquitous behavior for humans across time and cultures, serving many different purposes: to signify approval with applause, for instance, or to keep time to music. Acousticians often ...
Biden appeared to applaud after a Morehouse graduate called for a "permanent" cease-fire in Gaza. The invitation for the president to speak at Morehouse was criticized by many students. Many young ...
The student union denies it's banning clapping at university functions. A British university has come under fire after its student union body passed a motion on Friday to replace clapping with the ...
Researchers elucidate the complex physical mechanisms and fluid dynamics involved in a handclap, with potential applications in bioacoustics and personal identification, whereby a handclap could be ...
A round of applause, please: Scientists have finally figured out what’s behind the sound of clapping. The research pinpoints a mechanism called a Helmholtz resonator — the same acoustic concept that ...