<p>Momofwildchild</p>
<p>I agree with you that kids are under a lot of pressure junior and senior year of high school.Thats why I am appalled at compounding that pressure by having all that peer competition as well.It can’t be healthful to the kids.
At the large HS my kids go to they don’t have a Val,Sal etc and the reason they don’t is because of how competitive it gets.( they do have a way of recognizing the top students but the kids aren’t worried about how there competition is doing.)</p>
<p>At the awards ceremony I mentioned they gave the top academic students recognition-the kids all seemed genuinely happy for each others success.That to me is healthy!</p>