| Does any other parent from Georgia have a kid who was named a "Georgia Scholar?"
There's this program in Georgia in which every HS can nominate their top graduates to become "Georgia Scholars." The GC gives the student a form that they fill out which is several pages long and asks for excruciating details. After the student completes the form and gets it back to the GC, who sends it off to the State Dept. of Education, several months pass. Then, the lucky few each receive a mass-produced letter from the DOE with a peel and stick mass-produced mailing label (addressed to the name they don't use, if they go by their middle name) congratulating them on being a Georgia Scholar. The first paragraph says that the honor means that the student's in the top half of one percent of graduating seniors. The seond paragraph says that if you have any questions about Georgia Scholars, call the State Dept. of Ed.
That's it. That's all it is. Not even a mass-produced certificate to stick on your bulletin board. The honor comes out after the end of your senior year, so it's worthless for college apps. There's no scholarship money.
The back of the mass-produced letter and envelope can be used for scatch paper. Other than that, the entire thing appears to be a presumptuous and galling waste of very busy students' time. Is there any more to it that I may have missed? | 
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