Dalian University of Technology students pose for a graduation photo with a burning dorm as seen in this photo from wantchinatimes’ website. (©Brent-J/wantchinatimes.com)

Graduates gleefully celebrate as their school burns

5/29/2012

Graduation day is one full of celebration. It's a moment for students to bask in the warm glow of accomplishment ... or of a school building in flames. Officials from China's Dalian University of Technology are angry that a group of students chose to take celebratory photos on their big day with a burning dormitory as their backdrop. The fire originally erupted at a nearby warehouse and spread to the school's campus, but that didn't stop students from tossing their caps in the air and expressing no-more-teachers, no-more-books joy. School officials later reportedly uploaded shots of students helping to put out the blaze with squirt guns, saying, "They show the true spirit of the college."

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Should the students be criticized for not helping?