How does your school give awards?

ReninDetroit
Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:06:44 +0000

I really hate the way out school does awards. Basically instead of applauding the students with a passion in one area, they take 10 or so students and disperse the awards amongst them. These students are not necessarily the academically strongest, but basically the “smart” ones that are also incredibly good athletes. Those of us with a real passion for something who dedicate a significant portion of our time to it don’t get any credit, it’s the people that are jack-of-all-trades types that get all the awards. I believe there were around 40 awards but only like 12 recipients. So, almost 4 awards per person.

I came away with nothing, although I deserved the writing award for sure - I don’t want the rest of them, but I do want the writing award. The people they gave it to were the top 3 students in our class, none of which are exceptional writers. But because I’m not one of the top 10%, I don’t get even looked at. The exact same thing happens with all the language honor societies, cum laude, etc. They pick the top 4 or so students from each class and just flood them with recognition, and noone else gets anything.