Female “logic”.
I’ve been wondering how schools have multiple valevictorians.
However, I thought it was because they were doing the grades on a 4.0 scale where an A is anywhere from 90-100.
When I was in high school, our GPA was on a 0-100 scale, and the valevictorian had something like a 99.9.
By this new method, I would have been a valevictorian because I had straight A’s through high school, but my GPA was a 92.
Let me tell you, there was a huge difference between the girl that actually was valevictorian and myself. She deserved it.
I was considered an honor graduate. Anyone with a 90 or above GPA was an honor graduate.
Up to 90+ valedictorians?! I hope they didn’t all give a speech at commencement!
Our daughter shared the valedictory slot with another girl the year she graduated from high school. Both girls have gone on to achieve at a high level, the friend being in medical school and our daughter having just graduated magna cum laude with a degree in structural/architectural engineering from one of the top schools in the country.
I suppose with an inflated grading system where everyone gets an A for effort you end up with everyone achieving a perfect score. My argument would not be for fewer valedictory slots at the schools with multiples but rather for tougher grading standards so that C’s really do stand for “average.”
All by design....the dumbing down of America!