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Teen defends dropping out of high school graduation after facing backlash
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It was pomp and inconsequence for a Pennsylvania high school student who handed him her diploma and kept walking. Each of the graduates from Parkland High School in Allentown took the stage when their names were called and returned to their assigned seats…except for Tayler Michelle Gray. In a video that went viral this week, Gray proudly accepts his diploma and leaves the stage like all the other students, poses for the official photo, then walks past his seat and walks out. #InsideEdition
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