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Kapa‘a Class of 2021 has 33 valedictorians
https://www.thegardenisland.com/2021/05/23/hawaii-news/kapaa-class-of-2021-has-33-valedictorians/ ^

Posted on 05/24/2021 3:00:38 AM PDT by qwerty1234

Chang, Class of 2021 Student Body president, led her fellow students Friday to their graduation ceremony at the Ron Martin Athletic Field on campus. As the 258 students arrived, blaring horns and cheers erupted as emcee Councilmember Bernard Carvalho, a ‘79 alum, introduced the class.

Family and friends, contained in their cars, gathered in a drive-thru fashion to witness the Kapa‘a Warrior Class of 2021 students wrap up their senior year, including 33 valedictorians, of which Jotis Russell-Christian is the best of the best.

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33 'valedictorians'? Wow, everybody gets a medal!

Definition of valedictorian. : the student usually having the highest rank in a graduating class who delivers the valedictory address at the commencement exercises.

So 33 people had the 'highest' rank. Yea, seems reasonable....

1 posted on 05/24/2021 3:00:38 AM PDT by qwerty1234
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To: qwerty1234

Only 33? What a joke.


2 posted on 05/24/2021 3:03:53 AM PDT by Fzob
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To: qwerty1234

No, only the elite circle gets to share in the title. Not everybody gets named to this exalted level.

Some are more equal than others. All the smart people must stick together.


3 posted on 05/24/2021 3:10:28 AM PDT by alloysteel ( Cows don't give milk. You have to work for it.)
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To: Fzob

Did all 33 give the obligatory Woke speeches? SMH!

Did all that honking trigger the students?

Are they called poi-boys on the Islands now?


4 posted on 05/24/2021 3:13:01 AM PDT by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
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To: qwerty1234
When everyone is a valedictorian, no one is.


5 posted on 05/24/2021 3:16:16 AM PDT by nonsporting (To relieve sickness, sometimes one must hurl.)
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To: qwerty1234

Who çares?


6 posted on 05/24/2021 3:22:32 AM PDT by robowombat (Orthodox )
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I’ll bet that school doesn’t work it that way way for their sports.


7 posted on 05/24/2021 3:36:49 AM PDT by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.d)
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Gonna need a day and a half listening to all those speeches.


8 posted on 05/24/2021 3:42:16 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: qwerty1234

Title and grade inflation is why they created standardized testing.

Schools were boosting GPAs and making honor students of mediocre students.


9 posted on 05/24/2021 4:48:11 AM PDT by Bogey78O
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258 graduating students but ONLY 33 valedictorians? THAT’S NOT EQUITABLE! There are 225 students being disadvantaged. BURN THAT SCHOOL DOWN!


10 posted on 05/24/2021 4:52:56 AM PDT by House Atreides
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258 graduating students but ONLY 33 valedictorians? THAT’S NOT EQUITABLE! There are 225 students being disadvantaged. BURN THAT SCHOOL DOWN!


You just solved an equation and stated a math fact. Exclusive correct answers aren’t allowed. That’s racist. /s


11 posted on 05/24/2021 5:12:49 AM PDT by Micah6_8
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What about the other 225 graduates, why not give them a participation trophy?


12 posted on 05/24/2021 5:26:28 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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What are the average and median GPA and standardized test scores for students at this school?


13 posted on 05/24/2021 5:59:24 AM PDT by utax
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No grade inflation here, lol.


14 posted on 05/24/2021 6:05:09 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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“So 33 people had the ‘highest’ rank. Yea, seems reasonable....”

I guess with basic determinations of the system, anyone that meets the standards of graduation can be a valedictorian. And since no student can get better than an “A” and has the possibility of being the class leader in GPA which is what it is measured by, then it proves it is trying to be nothing more than a pass/fail system: perfection and anything else. And in the real world, the competitive one, they don’t give participation medals.

wy69


15 posted on 05/24/2021 6:16:51 AM PDT by whitney69
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To: Fzob

NEW MATH CALCULATIONS


16 posted on 05/24/2021 6:40:08 AM PDT by ridesthemiles ( )
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What about the other 225 graduates, why not give them a participation trophy?

They did. It's called a diploma.

17 posted on 05/24/2021 7:47:14 AM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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“...33 valedictorians, of which Jotis Russell-Christian is the best of the best.”


33/258 is a bit more than 1/8...and if Jotis Russell-Christian is “the best of the best” shouldn’t Jotis be the valedictorian?


18 posted on 05/24/2021 9:10:52 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: polymuser

Everybody scored the touchdown! Even the opposing team.


19 posted on 05/24/2021 12:49:40 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It ( )
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