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When I graduated from HS in 1959, in a class of about 270 students, the valedictorian was a gal who took no science or math classes other than the minimum required to graduate. She took home economics, typing and shorthand classes as her electives.
She was/is a nice person but no one in our class thought she should be the valedictorian.
That may be why changes were made to determining the valedictorian. However, in today’s world, grade inflation is more the culprit.
When I graduated from HS in 1959, in a class of about 270 students, the valedictorian was a gal who took no science or math classes other than the minimum required to graduate. She took home economics, typing and shorthand classes as her electives.
She was/is a nice person but no one in our class thought she should be the valedictorian.
That may be why changes were made to determining the valedictorian. However, in today’s world, grade inflation is more the culprit.