These shoes violate the high school’s graduation dress code

As a result, Daverius Peters was not allowed into his high school graduation ceremony in Boutte, La. The code stated that male students were to wear dark dress shoes, with an emphasis that “no athletic shoes” were to be worn. Peters' black leather sneakers with white soles did not meet the code.

Fortunately, a friendly worker at the school, who was Peters' mentor, saw the problem and acted. He gave the student the shoes off his feet. “It was a no-brainer,” he said. “This was the most important moment in his life up to that point, and I wasn’t going to let him miss it for anything.”

The mentor went back to his seat in his socks and watched his daughter, Peter and the rest of the students graduate.