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Honeycombe8

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16. That was her 2nd year there. It didn't say how many classes she took there the prior year.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #15)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 07:53 PM

Jun 2012

It sounds like jealousy, to me.

When you change schools, you take your grades with you. You either made the grades, or you didn't. She had the best grades, I guess.

Usually, they also look at extracurricular activities, I thought. But maybe not.

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Choice of valedictorian sparks complaints about dual enrollment [View all] Baitball Blogger May 2012 OP

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