Posted on 05/21/2019 10:20:07 AM PDT by simpson96
PORT CLINTON, Ohio — One local school district is doing away with an old tradition: Port Clinton High School is no longer awarding a class Valedictorian.
Principal Gary Steyer said they have seen this trend begin to spread in other school districts, as the old way seemed to undermine the education process by creating a competition among top tier students.
"Three or four or five, maybe a year are really vying for one spot. And it became kind of this competition between them almost, and it just wasn't healthy for them," Steyer said.
Nick Perry, who transferred to Port Clinton last year said at his old school, the desire to graduate with top honors became so cutthroat at times that students would refuse to help their fellow classmates.
"I had felt that I had not received some assistance from other students because of that fact, because they wanted to see me be lower than them and I was higher than them at that point," Perry said.
But now, graduates at Port Clinton will receive laude honors, which is expected to celebrate the individual students accomplishments and work ethic, as opposed to ranking students against each other as if it were a competition.
"No one is singled out, but we're all fighting together, and kind of against each other, for that top spot; but we're all equal," senior Ally Batterton, who is graduating summa cum laude, said.
Port Clinton High School graduation is June 1 where 25 students will be graduating with laude honors.
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Um, what? Cognitive dissonance alert! Take these pills, dear, you'll feel much better.
One wonders if the parents had a voice in the school's decision or whether it was a simple political move by a handful of school admins. Also wonder if this applies to school athletics.
At the peak of the anti-Vietnam movement, California increased it efforts to remove competition from its entire curriculum, K-12, and it appears to have worked very well for the political agenda.
Or even better learn from the best musician in whatever band you are in and then do better.
Port Clinton, Ohio
Where the water is always white
and there are plenty of babes on the beach.
The ranking of how well you did (e.g. GPA, advanced placement, etc.) should be enough. The competition aspect is inherent in that. All the rest of it is just an exercise in narcissism. The emphasis in high school should be learning, figuring out where your passions are, and figuring out what you’re best at.
I trust they will be handing out Participation Trophies with their diplomas.
The surface waters are roiling. The deep waters are still. The liberal press is stirring up a fit over the notion that people can demonstrate excellence. The rest of are thankful for that.
Our daughter’s class had an Indian girl competing for it and she was a suckup cheater, but she lost to a young white man, but don’t fear or fret for the sainted diversity she went to a higher ranked school on just skin color alone.
Does one even list High School Valedictorian on a resume?
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I would not doubt for Progs doing Prog jobs in their matrix that they do list it.
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“Port Clinton High School no longer naming a valedictorian [’competition is unhealthy’]”
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Competition is healthy, but grade inflation is ridiculous. It should be the top 20 ACT scores with the top 20 GPAs. Gpa x 10 + ACT = ?
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