<p>Kelsmom, thanks for your kind words. It’s just a brutal world right now for high school students and their parents - everyone is prickly. I’ve been known to post some rather mean sentiments on CC regarding athletes and their hooks. This business makes barbarians of us all, I’m afraid.</p>
<p>Mammall you should have received accolades from everyone. It is one thing to get a 36 or a 2400, it is totally different to get both. Bravo to your child, that is amazing! Good luck and G Bless your family!</p>
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<p>Interesting idea. I think shirts like that could be hot sellers. Offer a full variety of sizes - some would be bought as truthful statements and others could be meant ironically. Either way it’s money.</p>
<p>I want a T-shirt that says “Size 34DD” on the front and “Cognitive Dissonance” on the back.</p>
<p>Unfortunately my sons ACT score is larger than my bra size 
33 was hs score</p>
<p>P3T, I would definitely wear that one!!! Of course, I’d probably just get frustrated by the fact that so many people wouldn’t get it …</p>
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<p>We had the opposite reaction from some of D’s teachers. Especially one teacher who never had the time of day for my daughter - until she got into Harvard. Then the teacher was suddenly gushing all over her and wanting to be her special friend.</p>
<p>Mammall, belated congrats to you, too!</p>
<p>Thanks, guys - it took a while but D got lots of recognition this spring via the Presidential Scholar program. Bless Lyndon Johnson’s heart for starting the program. She will travel to Washington DC next month, attend an awards ceremony at the White House and hang out with the other Presidential Scholars at Georgetown University. More than enough recognition, I think.</p>
<p>The OP needs to know that sometimes recognition just takes a while but it usually happens.</p>
<p>I do wish that society would recognize academic talent just as much as athletic talent, but sometimes, you have to be careful of what you wish for. Yes, media can recognize all your wonderful scores and achievements, but I doubt they’ll do it in the same light as their praises for the school’s star quarterback.</p>
<p>My son received considerable media coverage when he got a 36. But, he told me that he felt very awkward during interviews. The questions seemed to push him to just brag about himself and his achievements, and he wasn’t comfortable with that. He thought the reporters were trying to frame him as a typical, overly smart and arrogant brat with no social skills (unfortunately, there’ve been examples of this mold on national news), which was not him at all. A radio station’s interview tried to gnaw at the fact that he studied 24/7. Again, not true. We were grateful that the community recognized his achievement, but whether consciously or unconsciously, the media tended to present him in stereotype.</p>
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<p>Definitely! The pressures that can be brought to bear to succeed have resulted in steroid abuse scandals and a bunch of AP kids in a neighboring (upscale) town hacking into the school’s computer system and downloading tests and changing grades.</p>
<p>The best thing about a 36 or 2400 is that you don’t have to worry about your scores keeping you out of college.</p>