high school girl doesn't get to be valedictorian

[fantASTic]

That really sucks for her. She definitely deserves the valedictorian title.

So what do you guys think about this? At my high school, once a student turned 18, they had to get their parent's permission to become 'independent' to sign themselves out of school, authorize their tylenol, etc. I found that RIDICULOUS. I couldn't understand why, once a student was 18, they had to get their parent's permission to basically be a legal adult! Isn't that backwards??