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Earth_First

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4. Hmmm...I wonder which 'parents' are upset...
Wed May 30, 2012, 09:42 PM
May 2012

Maybe it's just a handful of parents, and likely two of them are the parents of the 'runner up'...

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Expect more of this, not less ProgressiveProfessor May 2012 #1
What I wonder is, will parents resent the fact that they're not comparing oranges to oranges. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #2
Every child is to some extent home schooled ProgressiveProfessor May 2012 #5
I'm not sure I agree with it. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #6
My graduating class valedictorian was someone most kids could empathize with. Igel May 2012 #8
Most schools today rate a Honors or AP course higher than regular courses ProgressiveProfessor May 2012 #10
I think AP classes pretty much eliminate that risk, these days. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #11
Valedictorian traditionally is the top student in the class normally demonstrated by GPA ProgressiveProfessor May 2012 #9
"I can see some requirement for 2 years at the school and a certain number of classes" Baitball Blogger May 2012 #12
'Splain it to me like I'm a 4 yr old. Why are people upset by this? Honeycombe8 May 2012 #3
Exactly. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #7
But why does her prior schooling have anything to do with it? I mentioned the one class... Honeycombe8 May 2012 #14
The one class says it all, in my opinion. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #15
That was her 2nd year there. It didn't say how many classes she took there the prior year. Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #16
Why does everyone always jump to the jealousy claim, when someone is looking Baitball Blogger Jun 2012 #17
Hmmm...I wonder which 'parents' are upset... Earth_First May 2012 #4
off campus classes should not count. phony student should get her ego strokes elsewhere nt msongs May 2012 #13
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