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We cannot have academic competition because the losers might suffer from poor esteem for life.

1 posted on 06/12/2015 12:58:20 PM PDT by Zakeet
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2 posted on 06/12/2015 1:02:51 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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“as educators try eliminate the competition among students to be No. 1 of their class. “

Collapse = Our best hope.


3 posted on 06/12/2015 1:05:21 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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it is about the.a hole parents in dublin, not.the kids.


5 posted on 06/12/2015 1:07:20 PM PDT by BRL
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Everybody gets a trophy!

Hooray!


11 posted on 06/12/2015 1:14:17 PM PDT by Peter W. Kessler
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It looks like we don’t need illegal immigration to have valedictorians - we can just manufacture our own in bulk.


14 posted on 06/12/2015 1:17:33 PM PDT by posterchild
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"So, you said you graduated valedictorian, eh? congratulations. How does it feel to be alone at the top?"
"Well, I'm not exactly alone...there were about two hundred other valedictorians."
"wait...let me get this straight...you said there were
two hundred other valedictorians???!! But you can only have one valedictorian!!!"
"Well, we didn't want anybody to feel bad."
15 posted on 06/12/2015 1:18:12 PM PDT by driftless2
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Smart class!


16 posted on 06/12/2015 1:18:39 PM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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“what happened to Columbus?” facepalm.


17 posted on 06/12/2015 1:19:13 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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Grade inflation on steroids.

Probably lots of those neat little exams where you can score more than 100.


18 posted on 06/12/2015 1:20:02 PM PDT by Will88
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How many Salutatorians did they have?


19 posted on 06/12/2015 1:21:17 PM PDT by posterchild
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Remember the good old days of ABC’s Wide World of Sports: ‘the human drama of intense competition’; ‘The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat’?

Back when goils was goils and men was men...

People smoked cigars and cigarettes and drank booze and there was no such thing as a kid’s bicycle helmet.

And America was strong and free and held the promise of rising as high as one’s abilities (and hard work) would allow them.

But now we have this...


20 posted on 06/12/2015 1:25:57 PM PDT by Paulie (America without Christianity is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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Did they all make a valedictory speech at their graduation ceremonies?


21 posted on 06/12/2015 1:27:49 PM PDT by Will88
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I graduated from high school in 1991. There were seven valedictorians in our class but all had 4.0 averages and all but one were in the same advanced classes. Sometimes there’s just a bunch of hard working smart kids.


23 posted on 06/12/2015 1:40:56 PM PDT by YoungCurmudgeon
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Everyone is special and above average, here is your diploma!

“oooh pretty... what does it say?”


25 posted on 06/12/2015 1:44:30 PM PDT by GeronL
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senior_Wrangler_(University_of_Cambridge)

At Cambridge, there’s only one Senior Wrangler.


28 posted on 06/12/2015 2:17:13 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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Dublin,Ohio; where all the students are above average!


31 posted on 06/12/2015 2:24:53 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (BINGO!)
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More evidence of the on-going process I call: “Pussyfication of America”

Girls don’t like competition.... Boys do.

Guess how well boys are faring in education these days?


33 posted on 06/12/2015 3:32:29 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!)
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Oh for the days when an A was an A....


34 posted on 06/12/2015 9:07:53 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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Wow.
What are the odds?
35 posted on 06/16/2015 10:16:03 AM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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