Remember when being Valedictorian actually meant being “the only Top 1 Student”?
by AgnosticDeist0229
Remember when being Valedictorian actually meant being “the only Top 1 Student”?
by AgnosticDeist0229
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The guy second to the left of the middle row looks menacing to me. He must know something we don’t 😅
Same GPA, same ranking 🤷
Hmmm this doesn’t help dissuade from the stereotype at all.
So who speaks at the graduation?
When I was a kid, a 4.0 GPA was the highest possible score, a straight A average. But now kids have GPA’s over 4.0, for literally no reason.
It’s based on GPA, which has a cap. Every single student here has a right to claim valedictorian. I also promise you that is not “everyone” in the school
Google says the school has ~1200 students grade 9-12, so let’s say 300 graduated that year, 21/300 is 7%. A bit far off from “everyone” haha
That said, im impressed with that percentage!
Oh is that what that means, i went to uni for 5 years, no fucking clue what it meant
That’s because many schools don’t have student rankings. Based on the metrics used for determining Valedictorian (usually GPA), there can be ties.
there is also only 21 students at that school that are graduating too!!!
OP learns that people can tie
Technically Valedictorian is a portmanteau in Latin translating to goodbye speaker, so as long as you say something when you leave highschool you could claim Valedictorian status on technicality.
I cant tell what they have in common
My kid is graduating with a 4.0 but is not the valedictorian. Her school tracks numeric grades for class ranking purposes.
21 people with 5.0 gpa 😭
Asia numbah 1
Noticing a pattern here
We had multiple valedictorians every year at my high school, a decade and a half ago. So no, I don’t remember when it was only the top 1 student. Except on TV
Out of curiosity, how many students in that graduating class? I could easily see a backed school just using GPA and calling it.
MAXWELL DORIAN
My graduating class of 76 back in 2000 had like six valedictorians. It’s not uncommon.
When everyone but 3 people are valedictorian, thats bullying
All that for jericho
Capped GPA now, which is fine, i think it’s fairer then the old system where the person a single teacher liked more then the rest got extra credit.
Also 4th dude already rocking the middle aged accountant look, respect.
Participation trophy
I live near that school district. It is absolutely and utterly unsurprising that 21 people have perfect weighted scores in that school.
OP tries to understand how rankings work (impossible)
Salutatorian posted this
There were a bunch of valedictorians in my graduating class, too.
My class had two because their GPA’s were identical
OP is just pissed because they have/had a shit GPA
Why are they all Asians?
Jericho’s requirement for valedictorian is basically, maintain an unweighted A+ over all 4 years and you’re in. They don’t bicker over 0.0001 gpa point differences, and I sort of understand that. Colleges could generally care less if you’re #1 or #6 when you have an A+ average. But using the term valedictorian for 21 kids seems pretty silly.