We're all Number 1! Is 21 Valedictorians too many?

[kaeb]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I would think that this is what happens to a society when everybody gets trophies for showing up, from T-Ball to GPAs.

For me, at least, it had the opposite effect—when 1/4 of the class is a valedictorian, it really doesn't mean anything to be a valedictorian, and I think most of us knew/realized that. Besides, by that point, we already knew where we were going to college, which really kind of established the hierarchy of intelligence, as awful as that sounds.

edit: maybe that's not the opposite effect, I'm not sure. Eh, oh well.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by kaeb

For me, at least, it had the opposite effect—when 1/4 of the class is a valedictorian, it really doesn't mean anything to be a valedictorian, and I think most of us knew/realized that. Besides, by that point, we already knew where we were going to college, which really kind of established the hierarchy of intelligence, as awful as that sounds.

edit: maybe that's not the opposite effect, I'm not sure. Eh, oh well.

Which is why giving everybody a trophy is false self-esteem.