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Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL
I LOVE this set up. As a sub. I frequent middle schools (I love sixth grade) and there is a big difference b/t the kids in 6 & 7/8. Keeping 6 and 8th away from each other sounds good to me. But that's just me!
Anyways:
I feel bad for this young lady, she worked hard and did far more than a lot of people could hope for. 3 years or 4 years, whatever. She is in the senior class and she has the highest GPA. I would have thought that would be the basic requirements. Why would they have this rule that essentially can discourage children from excelling to their highest potential? (Although I can't imagine getting out of high school early. I don't even think it was an option at my school...)
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Our middle school keeps each grade very separate. They each have their own hallway where their lockers and classrooms are. They have separate lunches and sit in different places on the bus. They have three separate entrances and exits. The only time they mingle is in when they are walking to the bus and then, it seems, they are so concerned with just getting out of the school and to the dang bus that they don't interact..lol
ETA: My high school also did not have a valedictorian. There were 713 students and of the top 10 students, 4 were tied for the top rank spot, 4 for the second spot and 2 for the third spot and they were all separated by .001 or something ridiculous like that. We had summa cum laude for 3.9 and up, magna cum laude for 3.7 and up and cum laude for 3.5 and up. My kids' high school had 3 valedictorians this year with identical GPAs.
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