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School Honors Nights
Next week we have to go to a couple of honors nights and my husband and I were thinking back over years of attending them, both as teachers and as parents. You know how they usually have an award for each subject, like Outstanding Student in Spanish 1, Outstanding Student in Geometry, etc.
So one year we were teaching at the same school and Awards Night was truly the "John Smith" show. This one kid took every award in his grade, including Citizenship and other non-scholastic awards, except for P.E. Other parents were commenting on how they weren't sure why they even showed up, other than to pick up their kids' Perfect Attendance Awards. The next year, it was the "Joe Smith" show in which his brother took every award except P.E.
Some schools limit the number of subject awards that a student can win to 1 or 2. Others give them to the student with the highest average, even if it does lead to a Smith Show.
Which do you think is preferable?
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