And now in the 3rd hour of this graduation ceremony, we have our 21st Valedictorian speech. Imagine sitting through that ceremony. No thanks!that would be commencement hell. 21 classmates yapping about God knows what. no one wants to hear what they have to say (other than their family members, maybe).
This us the reason some schools systems have gone away from class rank
When I look at street takeovers comments gravitate to “common denominator”. Perhaps that is the proper angle
Ditto for me.Thinking about this story made me realize I have no recollection of who the valedictorian was in my high school graduating class of approximately 290 students. I know it wasn't me. I never paid attention to all the "honors" bestowed upon graduation.
I know of two…my class’s valedictorian ended up a stay at home mom. My cousin was also valedictorian and she ended up a stay at home mom.Ditto for me.
It would be a great sociology study to research the life outcomes of high school valedictorians and salutatorians.
Meanwhile, China is educating generations of scientists and engineers.
When I look at street takeovers comments gravitate to “common denominator”. Perhaps that is the proper angle
My class was about 300 kids. If they had 200 valedictorians, I'm pretty sure I would have been one of them.It'd be really weird if there were only 25 people in the graduating class. The other four would really feel like losers.
Looks like a diverse group.
Ha! My cousin and her best friend were two of something like fourteen valedictorians at their high school class. This was over 40 years ago. My cousin was a stay at home mom. Her friend worked a couple years in the corporate world in France but also ended up being a stay at home mom. Pretty sure the valedictorians didn't all give speeches. I know my cousin didn't. She was a total bookworm.I know of two…my class’s valedictorian ended up a stay at home mom. My cousin was also valedictorian and she ended up a stay at home mom.
My son was valedictorian and same thing with 2 others who were tied with him his senior year. The difference maker was 10th grade grades. All 3 were/are super smart and accomplished and had basically identical senior year transcripts. Real hair split to determine valedictorian. Felt bad for others as they were all really good kids, well accomplished and deservingThis happened at my high school in 1982. The rules state however that they then go back to prior grades. The tie was broken when on of them had a B+ in 6th grade, idiot!!
They didn’t have the same gpa. They had the same letter grade. Big difference at the top.I agree 21 seems ridiculous, but if all have the same GPA, all took the same number of AP courses, all were in school activities, how would you determine who is the top?
Edit: When I typed my question I didn't see Avalon's post above.
My school used the combined GPA of all four years to determine valedictorian.My son was valedictorian and same thing with 2 others who were tied with him his senior year. The difference maker was 10th grade grades. All 3 were/are super smart and accomplished and had basically identical senior year transcripts. Real hair split to determine valedictorian. Felt bad for others as they were all really good kids, well accomplished and deserving