high school girl doesn't get to be valedictorian

[AGDee]

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...)

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.

[BabyPiNK_FL]

^^^ours dooes too. Seperate lunch, school sections, etc. But the older kids are horribly oversexed and obssessed with dating and being "independent" (in the wrong way). I thought it was bad when I went there in '97. But it's gotten worse. And this is not even the "bad school". You have to go East for those...

High School,
WOW! For me that was 19 years ago. I do however remember our valedictorian b/c there was controversy there as well.

I am from the Virgin Islands (St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix). I love on St. Thomas. There were no high schools in St. John so the kids there all took the ferry to st. thomas for High school. Most kids came ot my school as it were within walking distance of the dock.

Anyway, the chick you was legally valedictorian (Wendy) came from St. John. The chick (Thelca) who was bitching about it was the kind of kid that had to be the best at everything and she was the number one student since the 7th grade (we went to the same school all the way through from the 7th -12th).

So when she came in 2nd to Wendy, ahh man the drama that ensued. Her mother was all up in the office saying our Wnedy shouldn't be eligible since she was only there for 3 yrs, yadda yadda yadda.

In the end (if I remeber correctly), Wendy (sweetheart) didn't give a rats ass and told her she could have the title. Not sure what happened to Wendy but Thelca is now a high school teacher at home. My youngest brother and sister had to take her English class. To hear them tell she was ANAL. i wasn't surprise to hear that!