SNOWFLAKES. [insert the face here] win again. No valedictorian at Ohio high school.

[BobPSU92]

See the video at the link below. A high school in Ohio will no longer name a valedictorian in an attempt to reduce the competitiveness and improve mental health.



I hate our world.

EDIT: It seems that I cannot post the video link here. Here is a link to an article:

https://www.wlwt.com/article/mason-...torian-to-reduce-competitive-culture/27422423

 

[OhioLion]

See the video at the link below. A high school in Ohio will no longer name a valedictorian in an attempt to reduce the competitiveness and improve mental health.

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I hate our world.

Anything you’d like to say about my home state?

My son read this to me today. Guess Baker Mayfield was in a tweet conversation with someone from the school. He stated that competition makes everyone involved better.
Can’t disagree with him.

OL

 

[BobPSU92]

Anything you’d like to say about my home state?

My son read this to me today. Guess Baker Mayfield was in a tweet conversation with someone from the school. He stated that competition makes everyone involved better.
Can’t disagree with him.

OL

Get outta there!

This story really irritates me. We are going to raise a generation of wimps. Don't do anything that might upset the kids. If they feel the slightest bit of stress, get them milk and cookies and make it all go away.

Pathetic.

 

[NittPicker]

Rivals should stop listing post counts and likes for individual posters. People with fewer posts and fewer likes will be made to feel inferior.

 

[mydome88]

Did the same thing here in PA in Spring-Ford school district. Not surprising, trying to determine where my son has stood in relation to his peers has been near impossible. It’s unreal.

 

[PaoliLion]

The "competition" for valedictorian is between only a very small number (1-3) of people at any high school. If you ever get anything other than a perfect grade, you're out of the race. It's a silly designation because it means so little regarding long-term success (and happiness). However, their rationale for eliminating the designation is lousy.

 

[nitlion93]

The schools in Calvert County MD got rid of the valedictorian several years ago.

 

[razpsu]

why Would they take this away from overachievers in school. Not everyone can be the starting qb etc. not everyone has the chance to be in the top tier of academics. Really stupid to take it away because for those who do strive to be the best in academics lose out. Next up no sports scores, we play until everyone has their turn then shake hands and call it a day.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Maybe to be fair to everyone there should also be an anti-valedictorian (lowest GPA) and let that individual also speak.

Ditto for perhaps the person with the most ave GPA / in the exact middle of the class.

And only fair.....let’s have everyone shake hands left-handed as they march across the stage and receive their diploma.....after their order of marching has been determined in a random selection of numbers.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

The schools in Calvert County MD got rid of the valedictorian several years ago.

Seems pretty radical.....did they ever find his / her body?

 

[psrurock]

Get everyone a trophy(diploma) for just showing up. Lol

 

[BobPSU92]

Get everyone a trophy(diploma) for just showing up. Lol

Guarantee graduation. Why stress the kids out and make them work?

 

[BobPSU92]

why Would they take this away from overachievers in school. Not everyone can be the starting qb etc. not everyone has the chance to be in the top tier of academics. Really stupid to take it away because for those who do strive to be the best in academics lose out. Next up no sports scores, we play until everyone has their turn then shake hands and call it a day.

The world needs ditch-diggers too.

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

"We are moving to a recognition system eliminating valedictorian and salutatorian honors, and shifting to recognizing students who have achieved outstanding academic success through a multitude of pathways.The recognition system will reward our students for genuine academic success based on their academic accomplishments. This will help reduce the overall competitive culture at MHS to allow students to focus on exploring learning opportunities that are of interest to them," said Principal Bobby Dodd.

Yeah, that sounds awful.

 

[Jovialgent]

Rivals should stop listing post counts and likes for individual posters. People with fewer posts and fewer likes will be made to feel inferior.

I agree. This BobPSU92 guy has 8 million likes or something, and I have less than 500. It makes me sad.

 

[Storm at Sea]

Rivals should stop listing post counts and likes for individual posters. People with fewer posts and fewer likes will be made to feel inferior.

China.

 

[massimoManca II]

Get outta there!

This story really irritates me. We are going to raise a generation of wimps. Don't do anything that might upset the kids. If they feel the slightest bit of stress, get them milk and cookies and make it all go away.

Pathetic.

Too late.

But be careful to point your finger of shame at the guilty generation...

this stupidity revolving around rankings is derived primarily from goofy whackjob parents than it is the kids...

In the end - it’s really of little consequence anyway...

 

[N&B4PSU]

Sucks, of course, but hard to blame the babysitters (i mean HS's, of course) for reading the tea leaves and seeing legal troubles ahead when they name a Val and the loser(s) sue because the decision was racist, or homophobic, or anti this or anti that... and so forth. This is the society we have become, and to come full circle to how I started this reply.. it sucks.

Large.

 

[nitlion93]

Seems pretty radical.....did they ever find his / her body?

Nice one

 

[DingerzForDaze]

I like it.

It's a stupid designation. It's a stupid goal.

I laugh at all the true snowflakes freaking out about this and commencing the typical "oh it's the participation trophy generation" nonsense.

The reality is, highlighting these 1 or 2 people among the sea of potentials, inevitably leads to "trophy hunting" rather than encouraging learning and exploration. When they get up in that area of achievement, suddenly they start leaning toward classes based on the likelihood of getting the highest grade, and the highest overall GPA, rather than taking that stress off them (usually placed on them by parents) by allowing them to explore other subject matters that they may actually excel at (eventually, if not immediately), or that will at least broaden their knowledge base. A lot of the best learning opportunities come in situations where you're learning new things, or things outside your comfort zone, or when you're just exploring for the sake of exploring, rather than trying to hustle for the highest grade on an exam.

It's not like they're taking away recognition of academic achievement altogether (though I'm sure the snowflakes will argue that's next).

 

[massimoManca II]

I like it.

It's a stupid designation. It's a stupid goal.

I laugh at all the true snowflakes freaking out about this and commencing the typical "oh it's the participation trophy generation" nonsense.

The reality is, highlighting these 1 or 2 people among the sea of potentials, inevitably leads to "trophy hunting" rather than encouraging learning and exploration. When they get up in that area of achievement, suddenly they start leaning toward classes based on the likelihood of getting the highest grade, and the highest overall GPA, rather than taking that stress off them (usually placed on them by parents) by allowing them to explore other subject matters that they may actually excel at (eventually, if not immediately), or that will at least broaden their knowledge base. A lot of the best learning opportunities come in situations where you're learning new things, or things outside your comfort zone, or when you're just exploring for the sake of exploring, rather than trying to hustle for the highest grade on an exam.

It's not like they're taking away recognition of academic achievement altogether (though I'm sure the snowflakes will argue that's next).

#nailedit

Looks like we finally have a post on this thread from someone who pauses to think before instinctively blabbering a hackneyed “whah / participation trophy” reply

 

[wex18]

I graduated high school in 1967. We did not recognize a valedictorian. One of the top three or four students was not in college prep because her father didn't believe girls should go to college.

 

[demlion]

"We are moving to a recognition system eliminating valedictorian and salutatorian honors, and shifting to recognizing students who have achieved outstanding academic success through a multitude of pathways.The recognition system will reward our students for genuine academic success based on their academic accomplishments. This will help reduce the overall competitive culture at MHS to allow students to focus on exploring learning opportunities that are of interest to them," said Principal Bobby Dodd.

Yeah, that sounds awful.

So, all the colleges which have magna cum laude and summa cum laude, but not sole, individual honorees are doing it wrong? Huh.

So, when a girl who takes typing and home ec and no classes with serious academic rigor is valedictorian, no one bitches, right?

When the valedictorian is the shop kid with mad welding skills, nobody bitches? Lol.

 

[demlion]

This very issue arose about 15 years ago in the county where I live. A girl who was not in the college prep curriculum, but vocational, was tied with a boy who went to Vanderbilt. He wrote a letter to the paper about how totally unfair it was, since there was no weighting of the academic rigor.

Right, they now weight the classes so the shop kid with a 4.0 finishes 29th.

Btw, the little crybaby snowflake who wrote the letter to the local paper about how unfair it was? He became head of the WV Republican party.

Snowflake that one time.

 

[interrobang]

So schools are now basically saying that it's not important to strive for academic greatness. Great message there.

 

[PSU_Nut]

So schools are now basically saying that it's not important to strive for academic greatness. Great message there.

Nope just internet tough guys think that because they probably didn’t even read the article but already know the answer.

 

[Nitt1300]

"snowflake" is in the eye of the beholder

people who use the term generally are the real snowflakes

 

[BobPSU92]

It is possible to enhance educational opportunities for all, celebrate all achievements, and still recognize the valedictorian. And what’s wrong with competition?

 

[Aardvark86]

See the video at the link below. A high school in Ohio will no longer name a valedictorian in an attempt to reduce the competitiveness and improve mental health.

View embedded media

I hate our world.

EDIT: It seems that I cannot post the video link here. Here is a link to an article:

https://www.wlwt.com/article/mason-...torian-to-reduce-competitive-culture/27422423

Not sure which is worse. This, or our system in Arlington where everyone over 4.0 (weighted) is deemed a valedictorian.

 

[lj4heisman1]

Maybe to be fair to everyone there should also be an anti-valedictorian (lowest GPA) and let that individual also speak.

Ditto for perhaps the person with the most ave GPA / in the exact middle of the class.

And only fair.....let’s have everyone shake hands left-handed as they march across the stage and receive their diploma.....after their order of marching has been determined in a random selection of numbers.

No handshaking should be allowed........

 

[Nitt1300]

It is possible to enhance educational opportunities for all, celebrate all achievements, and still recognize the valedictorian. And what’s wrong with competition?

nothing- I'm in favor of it

What I'm not in favor of is today's tendency for too many people to resort to labels and name-calling instead of making a case for their particular position- to me it reeks of laziness and self indulgence.

Can you imagine Lincoln and Douglas indulging in a Twitterfest instead of debate? is this what we've become? I fear it is.

 

[LionDeNittany]

This very issue arose about 15 years ago in the county where I live. A girl who was not in the college prep curriculum, but vocational, was tied with a boy who went to Vanderbilt. He wrote a letter to the paper about how totally unfair it was, since there was no weighting of the academic rigor.

Right, they now weight the classes so the shop kid with a 4.0 finishes 29th.

Btw, the little crybaby snowflake who wrote the letter to the local paper about how unfair it was? He became head of the WV Republican party.

Snowflake that one time.

Sounds like the opposite of a snowflake.

He achieved. Then properly stated facts about an incorrect system. Then achieved again.

All around winner

LdN

 

[PS4814]

nothing- I'm in favor of it

What I'm not in favor of is today's tendency for too many people to resort to labels and name-calling instead of making a case for their particular position- to me it reeks of laziness and self indulgence.

Can you imagine Lincoln and Douglas indulging in a Twitterfest instead of debate? is this what we've become? I fear it is.

Become? We've been this way for going on 30 years. Our current commander in chief is just the most visible example of how far we've come.

 

[Raffycorn]

My high school did not recognize valedictorians, either. A certain top 5-10% got to wear a gold stole over their robe designating that they were an “honors” graduate, and our class voted for who we wanted to speak among a selection of students who signed up expressing interest in giving a speech. To this day, I don’t know who graduated high school with the highest GPA, though I have a few guesses of my classmates who I know did remarkably well through school and continued to do so after high school, too.

 

[massimoManca II]

Sounds like the opposite of a snowflake.

He achieved. Then properly stated facts about an incorrect system. Then achieved again.

All around winner

LdN

Couldn’t beat the girl - whined about it. Snowflake.

 

[LionDeNittany]

Couldn’t beat the girl - whined about it. Snowflake.

Did beat the girl.

LdN

 

[massimoManca II]

Did beat the girl.

LdN

Only after changing the rules. Kinda like Mitch McConnell ....

 

[LionDeNittany]

Couldn’t beat the girl - whined about it. Snowflake.

Did beat the girl and fixed the system.

He asked for a meritocracy not subsidized bullcrap.

He was right.

LdN

 

[LionDeNittany]

Only after changing the rules. Kinda like Mitch McConnell ....

Ah. So a political thing. Got it.

 

[Aardvark86]

Did beat the girl and fixed the system.

He asked for a meritocracy not subsidized bullcrap.

He was right.

LdN

This. The girls circumstances are what “honors” are for.