Co-Valedictorians a stupid idea.

i_lose
Sun, 17 Oct 2004 20:16:33 +0000

Our school doesn’t even rank. I heard it was because it would cause too much stress for students.

I think last year we had 2 valedictorians and 2 saludictorians (and about 30 very high honors, 30 high honors, 30 honors)…The year before we had 1 valedictorian and 3 saludictorians.

I don’t know how the school ranks people, if they take electives into account, and whatnot. I’m taking 2 non-AP/honors electives this year, and I’m taking 7 classes (max). If I was valedictorian, but decided the administration decided to screw me over because I took those 2 electivies my junior year for a punk who took 5 all AP/honors classes, I’d fight for my rightful spot. Maybe I took the same 5 AP/Honors. Maybe I got the same grade. In theory, I worked more hours, spent more time, AND got the same grades. I should deserve that spot. If you’re .00001 away from valedictorian, well, suck it. Think about how to improve it next semester. For us, it doesn’t help in college admissions because we don’t know our class rankings until graduation when they announce the vale/salud/v. high honors/high honors/honors people. Only then do you know if you’re in the top 5%, 10%, etc.

Bottom line: They should just count academic classes (your standard english, history, math, science, foreign language).

The only problem with that is some people in their junior and senior years don’t take, for example, history because they took it at a CC, or don’t like math or science and they’ve fufilled the requirements. What should be done then?