<p>To what extent do you intend to pursue your goal to become valedictorian? That is what I would really like, I just hate all of the social interruptions. ( I really enjoy solitary activites, like studying, reading, watching TV, running, etc.) But, for some reason, people like me. They think I am sweet, and won’t shut up. How do you study aggressively instead of talking to people, without coming off as a pretentious freak.</p>
<p>Study in the library or at home.</p>
<p>focus on your goal, I feel exactly like you. I am a junior and right now I am tied 5 ways for valedictorian, and my motivation is stronger because I know between junior and senior year my rank can drop.</p>
<p>^^^ i feel the same way. i’m also a junior and i’ve learned a lesson from last yr- dont study when everyone else is talking; you will look antisocial. </p>
<p>i will try to keep my “public” studying to a minimum b/c i dont want to seem like that’s all i care about.</p>
<p>“Whatever it takes.”</p>
<p>well, i don’t have a valedictorian at my school (quaker school = equality; valedictorian = somebody being on top of everyone else), but i do know what you mean with ppl trying to talk to you when you are trying to get work done.</p>
<p>instead of saying “i can’t talk right now, i’m busy,” say “i’ll talk to you in 10(or however many) minutes, i just gotta finish something up.” saying that you wont talk to them is a rejection, giving them the impression that you’d rather study than talk to them. giving a promise that you’ll talk soon isn’t blowing them off, which gives you more time to study and doesn’t make you seem like a “pretentious freak”</p>
<p>do anything and everything</p>
<p>I know this sounds bad, but I don’t befriend people in the top 1% of my class, because basically, the whole thing is an arms race and I don’t want to be a part of anything overly dramatic. </p>
<p>However, I do keep my public studying to a minimum, and when I do publically study, I usually invite my friends and people around me to do the same. It really does me a lot of good to see people passing what they would have otherwise failed. :D</p>
<p>Anyway, to answer your question, I’ll do anything it takes, though maintaining my sanity all the same.</p>
<p>I don’t care. Just do well enough and wait for the others to fall off your back. If not, too bad.</p>
<p>Being in a school where GPA was determined by letter grade and courseload meant I only worried about class rank once every year, when it was time to choose my classes. So being valedictorian wasn’t much of a “big deal.”
(Getting As in everything helped too.) :D</p>
<p>"I know this sounds bad, but I don’t befriend people in the top 1% of my class, because basically, the whole thing is an arms race and I don’t want to be a part of anything overly dramatic. "</p>
<p>Can you imagine someone saying: “I dont’ befriend people in the second quarter of my class because they… don’t achieve as much as they could.” </p>
<p>quaker school = equality; valedictorian = somebody being on top of everyone else)</p>
<p>Wow. This sounds like what a lot like people say who don’t want to work as hard as they can to achieve goals. Remind me in ten years, because I don’t want to hire you. I want people who work their hardest, play their hardest.</p>
<p>just be rude and mean to people long enough so they leave you alone in so you can study in public or be nice and friendly and do all you’re studying at home. i chose a combination depending on the situation and it worked for me.</p>
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<p>i think either i came across wrong, or you interpreted what i said wrong. i do “work my hardest, play my hardest.” my school encourages people to be the most amazing they can be, but they try to steer away from things that imply “i’m better than you” because my quaker school has all the quaker values instilled in it. the academics are very rigorous, and it is a college prep school, and by no means do i slack off just because i am not going to get a valedictorian title.</p>
<p>i work harder than anyone i know to reach my very high goals, and just because i don’t say “i have better grades than you, so i am a better person,” doesn’t mean that i am at all lazy. i am not trying to imply that the title valedictorian is a negative thing, i am just trying to be clear that my school doesn’t have it because of religious reasons, not “lazy students”</p>
<p>and if you don’t want to hire me, then i don’t want to work for you ;)</p>
<p>Our valedictorianship (I’m actually not sure if that’s a word) is kind of, er, unique. It’s based on votes (o_O) and is ultimately decided by which nominee exudes Christian values the most effectively.</p>
<p>Just work as hard as you absolutely can! Good luck!</p>
<p>Lie, lie, and lie some more.</p>
<p>(kudos if you know where I got that from)</p>
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<p>Technically, to be in the situation where the employer even knew your name and considered you for employment, you’d probably have some sort of interest in the job in the first place, which usually means that you would want to work there regardless of the said employer’s decision.</p>
<p>pwnt :P</p>
<p>Thanks. I am really looking forward to doing well and studying to learn during this school year, but with three full years of high school left, I hardly feel it is the time to give a bad impression to people I will see every day until june 2010</p>
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<p>well, yea, but i wouldn’t want to end up working for people who don’t like me, if they do end up hiring me… but i dunno i don’t want to think about this subject until i’m at least in college. i’ve got many long, long years ahead of me…</p>
<p>Hehe, yea I was just messing around :P</p>
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<p>10 charrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr</p>
<p>Well we don’t… we’re interesting… my school will report your rank to where you apply, but won’t officially give any titles. 0_o
Pax et bonum,
James Crowe</p>