Posted on 07/01/2010 9:36:19 AM PDT by Erin Brown
Youve heard the stories: Pee-wee football and t-ball leagues doling out trophies to every single kid on every single team, even those chubby non-athletes that probably sucked and rode the pine pony most of the season. But coddling high school seniors? Give me a break.
Yes, some high schools (in fact, way more than you probably realize) are giving multiple Valedictorian titles to graduating high school seniors who have merely achieved over a certain grade point average. And not just to two or three students
try 30 or even, 94! A New York Times story by Winnie Hu highlights the pros and cons of this phenomenon:
(Excerpt) Read more at threefingersofpolitics.com ...
Yes - honor graduate, dean’s list, Phi Beta Kappa, National Merit Scholar... what is wrong with these things? Why must the crown be taken away from the valedictorian? And what do they do about the valedictory itself, let them each give a speech? Do like they do so annoyingly in commercials and have each say one phrase?
Hmmm... I don’t think that having as many flunk out as get A’s is supposed to be the goal, which is what would have to happen if you looked at it as a bell-shaped curve with C in the middle. C stands for (only) Satisfactory, with anything below it indicating that remedial work needs to be done. I suppose probably most students would receive it, but it shouldn’t be too hard to get a “B” or “Good.”
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