<p>^Oh, I am terribly sorry if I gave off the impression that I was bitter* - I am actually pleased as punch, but just felt that I could not let some of the heavy-handed generalizations I saw in earlier posts slide without contradiction. :)</p>
<p>And I agree with you entirely - most valedictorians are not like that, thank God.</p>
<p>*I am not bitter, but the whole affair has left me quite cynical.</p>