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High schools are increasingly ditching giving the graduating senior with the top grades in his or her respective class the traditional valedictorian award, reports the Wall Street Journal. “I think it’s pretty stupid, and I don’t think it’s fair” said Ryan Walters, a promising student who most likely could have been a top contender for the award before his high school decided against giving it out. “Wake County is instilling in us that we shouldn’t try to be the best,” added Walters, commenting on his school district in Wake Forest, North Carolina.Heritage High School, Walters’ school, is not alone in getting rid of the award. At least half the United States high schools have stopped giving the award or they name multiple valedictorians for the graduating class.
Are they going to stop giving grades and just hand out participation trophies?
They pretty much do that already. Average SAT scores are down 300 points from 15 years ago and we are talking the dumbed down SAT. Not the hard SAT us old timers took.
