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The new trend in validating top students Make them all valedictorians - The Washington Post
july 12 2015
The top student in a high school’s graduating class used to earn the honor of being the valedictorian, and traditionally that one student delivered a commencement speech that helped send his or her classmates out into the adult world.
But at Arlington’s Washington-Lee High School this year, there were 117 valedictorians out of a class of 457. At Long Beach Polytechnic in California, there were 30. And at some schools — including North Hills High outside of Pittsburgh and high schools in Miami — there were none.
The nation’s high schools are changing the way they recognize top students, struggling to balance praise for them while also quelling unhealthy competition among classmates as the college application process grows more cutthroat.
If you had just been able to do the three R's, but noooooooooooooooooooooooooo....Wow! I could have been Valedictorian.
Honey, kids get to lose all the time in life...building up self esteem should not be a competition....When I played jr. high football we barely had enough to make a team, so we all played, in fact we double timed it by playing offense, defense, kick off and receiving..It was great, got a lot of experience that was helpful later on playing ball in high school, college, the Army and semi-pros...We didn't get awards back then, just a pat on the back and told good job...Our twins are in gymnastics and I see this type of thing all the time. Parents all butt hurt because their child didn't make the cut to compete in meets. Invariably their child is a sniveling brat and causes problems for the kids that want to compete and know it takes hard work and a lot of practice to make the cut. This type of thing isn't fair to kids who do work hard, they deserve the honors
Two out of the thre Rs are examples of bad spelling.If you had just been able to do the three R's, but noooooooooooooooooooooooooo....Wow! I could have been Valedictorian.
Honey, kids get to lose all the time in life...building up self esteem should not be a competition....When I played jr. high football we barely had enough to make a team, so we all played, in fact we double timed it by playing offense, defense, kick off and receiving..It was great, got a lot of experience that was helpful later on playing ball in high school, college, the Army and semi-pros...We didn't get awards back then, just a pat on the back and told good job...Our twins are in gymnastics and I see this type of thing all the time. Parents all butt hurt because their child didn't make the cut to compete in meets. Invariably their child is a sniveling brat and causes problems for the kids that want to compete and know it takes hard work and a lot of practice to make the cut. This type of thing isn't fair to kids who do work hard, they deserve the honors
Yet it is the GOP base which has a lower I.Q.It's obvious Libs readily accept underachievement, since it's a way of life for them!!!!!!
That is what I told them, but they just gave me that go to hell look...Two out of the thre Rs are examples of bad spelling.If you had just been able to do the three R's, but noooooooooooooooooooooooooo....Wow! I could have been Valedictorian.
A loser at what?Honey, kids get to lose all the time in life...building up self esteem should not be a competition....When I played jr. high football we barely had enough to make a team, so we all played, in fact we double timed it by playing offense, defense, kick off and receiving..It was great, got a lot of experience that was helpful later on playing ball in high school, college, the Army and semi-pros...We didn't get awards back then, just a pat on the back and told good job...Our twins are in gymnastics and I see this type of thing all the time. Parents all butt hurt because their child didn't make the cut to compete in meets. Invariably their child is a sniveling brat and causes problems for the kids that want to compete and know it takes hard work and a lot of practice to make the cut. This type of thing isn't fair to kids who do work hard, they deserve the honors
That explains why you're such a loser today.
Did you go?That is what I told them, but they just gave me that go to hell look...Two out of the thre Rs are examples of bad spelling.If you had just been able to do the three R's, but noooooooooooooooooooooooooo....Wow! I could have been Valedictorian.
Where?Did you go?That is what I told them, but they just gave me that go to hell look...Two out of the thre Rs are examples of bad spelling.If you had just been able to do the three R's, but noooooooooooooooooooooooooo....Wow! I could have been Valedictorian.
A loser at what?Honey, kids get to lose all the time in life...building up self esteem should not be a competition....When I played jr. high football we barely had enough to make a team, so we all played, in fact we double timed it by playing offense, defense, kick off and receiving..It was great, got a lot of experience that was helpful later on playing ball in high school, college, the Army and semi-pros...We didn't get awards back then, just a pat on the back and told good job...Our twins are in gymnastics and I see this type of thing all the time. Parents all butt hurt because their child didn't make the cut to compete in meets. Invariably their child is a sniveling brat and causes problems for the kids that want to compete and know it takes hard work and a lot of practice to make the cut. This type of thing isn't fair to kids who do work hard, they deserve the honors
That explains why you're such a loser today.
Evidently you stoopid bums do not know that there is standardized testing in schools...and they make it easy like it was 50 years ago with multiple choice...
You don't always have to be a bitch about it do you?A loser at what?Honey, kids get to lose all the time in life...building up self esteem should not be a competition....When I played jr. high football we barely had enough to make a team, so we all played, in fact we double timed it by playing offense, defense, kick off and receiving..It was great, got a lot of experience that was helpful later on playing ball in high school, college, the Army and semi-pros...We didn't get awards back then, just a pat on the back and told good job...Our twins are in gymnastics and I see this type of thing all the time. Parents all butt hurt because their child didn't make the cut to compete in meets. Invariably their child is a sniveling brat and causes problems for the kids that want to compete and know it takes hard work and a lot of practice to make the cut. This type of thing isn't fair to kids who do work hard, they deserve the honors
That explains why you're such a loser today.
There is nothing wrong with competition, if little Johnny or Susie isn't good enough say at gymnastics they need to find something they are good at. Bringing down the achievers isn't fair to the achievers
I am sure they would learn more if there was a monetary prize, just like working....Evidently you stoopid bums do not know that there is standardized testing in schools...and they make it easy like it was 50 years ago with multiple choice...
...or they could make it like Jeopardy was with Art Fleming
And that from somebody that can't even spell no....If you had just been able to do the three R's, but noooooooooooooooooooooooooo....Wow! I could have been Valedictorian.
You don't always have to be a bitch about it do you?A loser at what?Honey, kids get to lose all the time in life...building up self esteem should not be a competition....When I played jr. high football we barely had enough to make a team, so we all played, in fact we double timed it by playing offense, defense, kick off and receiving..It was great, got a lot of experience that was helpful later on playing ball in high school, college, the Army and semi-pros...We didn't get awards back then, just a pat on the back and told good job...Our twins are in gymnastics and I see this type of thing all the time. Parents all butt hurt because their child didn't make the cut to compete in meets. Invariably their child is a sniveling brat and causes problems for the kids that want to compete and know it takes hard work and a lot of practice to make the cut. This type of thing isn't fair to kids who do work hard, they deserve the honors
That explains why you're such a loser today.
There is nothing wrong with competition, if little Johnny or Susie isn't good enough say at gymnastics they need to find something they are good at. Bringing down the achievers isn't fair to the achievers
