Another appropriate "Zits" comic

Parent Cafe
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<p>Hits a little too close to home:
<a href=“http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/zits.asp?date=20060106[/url]”>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/zits.asp?date=20060106&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Saw that this morning. My HS senior D agreed with Jeremy. My wife agreed with the dad…</p>

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<p>It does hit too close to home, and I definitely agree with the dad. I assumed it was hyperbole that a 4.0 wouldn’t be in the top 10%, but now I’m wondering…</p>

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<p>I graduated HS with above a 4.0 (if memory serves, a 4.2) and was the bottom student in the top 10% at graduation time. Prior to that, I was a 4.0 student who was NOT in the top 10%…definitely not hyperbole</p>

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<p>Geez Econ, you just had to burst my bubble! I’m letting you know now. I don’t want you to share any information with me about Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny.</p>

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<p>And those kids at my S’s school (large public) with a B average are in the bottom half of the class. Makes you wonder why all the fuss they make about our education system not being up to par.</p>

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<p>My S was a 3.94 in an UNWEIGHTED (4.0 max) school and was outside the top 10%.</p>

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<p>Daughter’s weighted 3.9 did not make the top 20%.</p>

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<p>Joining the parade - DS was 121.45/100 weighted and was just below the top 10% (which was, of course, 0.55 points higher). Similar results unweighted. Do we have a song? a motto? a flag?</p>

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<p>The motto was right in Zits: Excellence is the new average.</p>

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<p>Rankings are so meaningless, though. There were a ton of kids in my high school with 4.0s but who were taking the most basic classes.</p>

<p>Also, Zits = amazing. As usual.</p>

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<p>This one is on my refrigerator:
<a href=“http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/zits.asp?date=20060105[/url]”>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/zits.asp?date=20060105&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I think my daughter’s school must be an anomaly. In September, the principal told me that there wasn’t a single 4.0 student in the school (the freshman class wasn’t included…too early for any grades). Last year’s val had a 3.97, and this year’s val will likely be similar. It’s a performing arts high school, so the common assumption is that kids are derailed by the academic courses. Again according to the principal, this is not always the case…many kids underestimate the standards and rigor of the arts classes. I asked my daughter if there are any classes the kids at her school consider an “easy A”; her half-joking response was, “community college classes.” </p>

<p>Our hometown high school is more the norm for our area; 12 kids shared valedictorian designation last year which was roughly 7% of the class.</p>

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<p>My high school calculated what a 4.0 was differently than most others, as to have a 4.0 on your transcript for a class meant getting a 100% on your transcript (a 99 was 3.9), but we did have weighted grades. The val and sal both had over 4.0. From what I understand talking to some of the seniors this year a 3.2 GPA which is considered wonderful by a lot of colleges and many students will land you right around the bottom 20% of the class. I’ll agree, excellence is the new average.</p>