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Originally Posted by southbymidwest
Grew up in a college town surrounded by farmland. I graduated from hs in the mid/late 70's, our parents were most definitely NOT part of the "everyone gets a trophy" generation. That being said, there were a few different tracks. Some kids took cosmetology, some vo/ag, some took the most rigorous courses they could, as they intended to not only get a BS, but to get a PhD. Every year there was a kerfuffle regarding valedictorian, etc. basically because there was the divide over "whoever gets the highest GPA should get valedictorian" versus "but why should a cosmetology student get valedictorian while a kid with a much more difficult coursework doesn't get it?" Nowadays, with AP courses and the like, a kid can be knocked out of contention by one tenth of a point. With 500 in a typical class in our local hs, my vote would be for recognition for anyone with a GPA over 4.0. I don't care what you call them.
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Totally this at my HS - there was lots of anger that Vo-Tech kids could get into National Honor Society. Those kids should be able to say "I was 16th in a class of 100" and also "among students in the college preparatory course of study, I was 2nd out of 50."
If that many kids are getting 4.0s, then just let the class president give the speech and be done with it. I've heard some really effing boring valedictorian speeches.
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