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.”
It would be unjust to deny them the opportunity.
Of course, we are still awaiting a further stage in the development of our enlightenment: the graduating class where everyone is a valedictorian.
Hmmm... I don’t think that having as many flunk out as get A’s is supposed to be the goal, which is what would have to happen if you looked at it as a bell-shaped curve with C in the middle. C stands for (only) Satisfactory, with anything below it indicating that remedial work needs to be done. I suppose probably most students would receive it, but it shouldn’t be too hard to get a “B” or “Good.”