student with highest GPA barred from being valedictorian

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I'd bet her mom wasn't "in" with the faculty. I remember my grade schools playing favorites based on how close the student's parents were with school faculty. A racket if I ever saw one.
 
Zeze

Zeze

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What a crock of backward shit in this day and age. Arkansas eh?

Let's hear both sides of the story, WTF is the excuse from the school?
 
Zeze

Zeze

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God Mode said:
I'd bet her mom wasn't "in" with the faculty. I remember my grade schools playing favorites based on how close the student's parents were with school faculty. A racket if I ever saw one.
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How the hell does that jeopardize her irrefutable highest GPA in class? That's the very fucking definition of a valedictorian.
 
shortylickens

shortylickens

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In my school the highest GPA was not automatically the valedictorian. There were also minimum requirements for activies and such.
Of course, the one obnoxious overachiever that did all that always had the highest GPA anyways.
I think the policy started back in the 70's when some obnoxious malcontent genius got perfect grades and made a shitty speech at graduation.
They decided they needed the "right" people to represent their school. Which I am guessing is what happened at the above mentioned school this year.
 
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Kev

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That story linked in the OP is pretty worthless. What I'm guessing is this student took all track 2 or lower classes, but should have been in track 1 (where she probably wouldn't have had a perfect GPA).

My high school used a quality point system to determine class rank, which was based on what track you were in. It really wouldn't be fair to compare flat out GPA because comparing a track 1 to even a track 2 class is like night and day.
 
shortylickens

shortylickens

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Kev said:
That story linked in the OP is pretty worthless. What I'm guessing is this student took all track 2 or lower classes, but should have been in track 1 (where she probably wouldn't have had a perfect GPA).

My high school used a quality point system to determine class rank, which was based on what track you were in. It really wouldn't be fair to compare flat out GPA because comparing a track 1 to even a track 2 class is like night and day.
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Yeah if you get a 4.0 in remedial classes no one gives a shit. And most any kind of academic award requires you to take advanced classes and still do well. Valedictorian is no exception.
 
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Kev

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shortylickens said:
In my school the highest GPA was not automatically the valedictorian. There were also minimum requirements for activies and such.
Of course, the one obnoxious overachiever that did all that always had the highest GPA anyways.
I think the policy started back in the 70's when some obnoxious malcontent genius got perfect grades and made a shitty speech at graduation.
They decided they needed the "right" people to represent their school. Which I am guessing is what happened at the above mentioned school this year.
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Our school gave valedictorian to rank 1, and had a speech writing contest for salutatorian. I thought that was fair. Didn't really give a shit though because I paid attention to neither speech.
 
Phokus

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Kev said:
That story linked in the OP is pretty worthless. What I'm guessing is this student took all track 2 or lower classes, but should have been in track 1 (where she probably wouldn't have had a perfect GPA).

My high school used a quality point system to determine class rank, which was based on what track you were in. It really wouldn't be fair to compare flat out GPA because comparing a track 1 to even a track 2 class is like night and day.
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By track 1 and track 2, you mean honors classes, right? Most schools use weighted GPAs to add additional points to honors classes... and it sounds like she mostly took them:

Kymberly Wimberly, 18, got only a single B in her 4 years at McGehee Secondary School, and loaded up on Honors and Advanced Placement classes.
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Gibson486

Gibson486

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Well it said ...

"Kymberly Wimberly, 18, got only a single B in her 4 years at McGehee Secondary School, and loaded up on Honors and Advanced Placement classes."

To take those AP and honors classes you can't just be in the lower easy classes. At least not in my school....
 
dud

dud

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I don't remember my HS graduation ... it was too long ago, at a time when men were men and women were glad of it.

We would have never accepted this kind of crap back in the day.
 
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Kev

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Phokus said:
By track 1 and track 2, you mean honors classes, right? Most schools use weighted GPAs to add additional points to honors classes... and it sounds like she mostly took them:
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Well if that's the case then there is no excuse. I would really love to hear the school's side. The article was so biased I can't make a judgement.
 
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