With late May being the peak season for American high school graduation season, thousands of students around the country took part in commencement ceremonies this week, right before the Memorial Day holiday.
But not everyone's grand day was planned. Students from Tennessee's Centennial and Franklin High Schools in Williamson County received their degrees amid torrential rain.
School officials were blasted by parents and guardians for hosting the events outdoors despite the weather forecast indicating the possibility of heavy rain and thunder.
However, most internet users thought this outrage was an overreaction. "It would be a funny adult life lesson they will all laugh about in years from now," another person commented. A third shared how parents needed to stop crying about Mother Nature.
But parents were mortified that a high school graduation was kept indoors, despite weather predictions of strong torrential downpour on the cards. Students and other attendees were seen ducking for cover while others were drenched wet from head to toe.