<p>I was voted most likely to be found in an alley drunk, showing up for graduation plowed out of my gourd kinda cemented my dubious distinction. Damn the 90s to hell. LOL</p>
<p>Islandin,</p>
<p>Fingers crossed for BIG MONEY!! :)</p>
<p>at my internship last summer i was voted most likely to be found playing with store merchandise.</p>
<p>These peer recognitions are a hoot, and taken quite seriously by kids at the time. My high school bf was voted “God’s gift to women”. And he was MINE! Broke up within the year when I went off to college. He stayed home, worked, and went part-time to junior college. 10-yr reunion, he hadn’t graduated college yet. 20-yr. reunion he had just gotten married for the first time AND had just graduated. Don’t know what he’s up to now, but he has his place of honor in our yearbook.</p>
<p>Long time ago, I went to and graduated from a catholic high school… and I was stunned at graduation to receive the “Religion” award… I actually liked my religion classes… senior yr we had choices of electives and I took a Christian Anthology course and a Comparative Religion class… great teachers… and I participated in a lot of discussions cause the subject matter was so interesting… anyway, I used that religion award for leverage for years with my parents… “you paid to send me to a private school…and I graduated with the most important award” kind of teasing…no one could have been more surprised then me… I didn’t even know they had such a religion award… </p>
<p>So, the morale of my story is…take whatever award one gets and make the most of it…have fun with it and use it for a laugh or two… even those who get “most successful” can relax and know that your entire life, you can pause at any time and look around and know you are the “most successful” and it will put a smile on your face!</p>
<p>One of my kids was voted “Most Likely to Take Over the World”</p>
<p>I like the funny/cuter ones best - like the senior who is:</p>
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<p>When she graduated, my D got the Journalism Award, which came with a little money, but she was proudest to have been voted Class Feminist. So far she has not had any trouble living up to it!</p>
<p>S and I were noting that when students at his school voted for “most likely to win a Nobel”, they were definitely thinking of the peace prize. We wondered if at a math and science magnet school they would vote individually for Physics, Chemistry and Medicine Nobels. He thought yes, and that they would probably not be voting for “Most likely to be on ESPN Sportscenter”. We also have “Most likely to smile at you in the hall”. :)</p>
<p>My daughter = “Most opinionated” - no arguments here, or for anyone who knows her ;).</p>
<p>Good for her. (But, maybe, not for you . . .)</p>
<p>Had an interesting discussion with S in the car after the awards ceremony at his school. As he sat through it - didn’t win any and didn’t expect to - he was thinking about which kids in his class he would hire for a job! </p>
<p>Many who did not get awards were high on his list, and many who did get awards wouldn’t get job offers from him. It wasn’t a case of who he liked - more on things like who was smart AND also dependable, followed through, showed up on time, turned things on on time, worked well in a group, had a sense of humor, etc. Arrogant and argumentative kids did not make his list. </p>
<p>He felt the awards for the most part went to the kinds of students that teachers like to teach, who may or may not be the kids he’d hire. There were overlaps - teachers like the above qualities too - but it was very nice to see that he could see many in his class who have strengths that will help make them successful, whether or not they received an award yesterday. And that he could see far beyond who got an academic award in HS.</p>
<p>S’ yearbook Senior Superlatives include Class Mooch, Constantly Speechless and my personal favorite, though not humorous, is Most Likely to Give a Million. (No more “most likely to make a million.” ) Who wouldn’t be proud for their kid to get that one? And it went to a boy and girl who really do embody that philanthropic/give to others value.</p>
<p>I would like to see:</p>
<p>Best Read
Most Helpful
Most Green (as in recycling, etc)
Most likely to run for office
Most likely to work at the UN
Least likely to be seen in a mosh pit
Most likely to do voiceovers
Most likely to be parodied on the Simpsons
Most likely to work for Mad magazine</p>
<p>I want citygirlsmom and wish<em>it</em>was_april to be Yearbook editors for Confidentialia College. When do I start lobbying for most likely to lock keys in car? Although I qualify nicely for least likely to be seen in a most pit, also.</p>
<p>:) thanks!!! </p>
<p>I want the job!!! and i would be nominated for most likely to forget why i walked into a room</p>
<p>Went to the final school event last night - the lacrosse team dinner. The nice thing about such events is they talk for a moment or two about EVERY kid - including the one who saw very few minutes in a game but was there at every practice, the kid who improved dramatically, the one who can and will step up next year because he will replace a graduating senior, etc. </p>
<p>The coach began the presentations noting that he was extremely proud that 3 of the 9 varsity seniors won academic awards as well, and that all had made it successfully through a demanding prep school program. He noted that while the team sadly lost the state championship this year after winning it last year, that the 3 year record for this group of seniors was 54-3, and 2 of those losses were in state championship games. It was really a great end to 4 special years, by a coach who understands the balance between sports, other ECs and academics, and it was so right to speak about, thank and acknowledge every kid.</p>
<p>Oh - and thanks for the nomination!! I have written and edited quite a bit in my time, including a best selling book!</p>