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  • Liberal Educators Are Mad...

    Mad I say!

    Graduation ceremonies might still be going on if Dublin schools had asked all of its valedictorians to speak.

    There were 222 of them.

    That means two out of every 10 graduates at Dublin’s three high schools received top honors this year. Dublin Scioto had 44 valedictorians, Dublin Jerome had 82, and Dublin Coffman had 96.

    “I can’t say I’ve heard of that many,” said David Hawkins, executive director for educational content and policy with the National Association of College Admissions Counseling. He’s aware of high schools with 20-some valedictorians in a class but not as many as Coffman’s.

    The valedictorian was once the single highest-performing graduate — and some districts, such as Hilliard and South-Western, still adhere to the practice. But experts say it’s more typical to see multiple valedictorians or none at all as educators try eliminate the competition among students to be No. 1 of their class.
    http://www.dispatch.com/content/stor...grads-tie.html
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    Come now. You mustn't hurt the feelings of the darlings who might come in second place.
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    • #3
      Why do our leftists here typically refrain from threads like this?
      That's what
      - She

      Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
      - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

      I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
      - Stephen R. Donaldson

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      • #4
        Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
        Come now. You mustn't hurt the feelings of the darlings who might come in second place.
        That is the problem, if every one is exceptional then no one is exceptional. And that is why many much poorer countries like Vietnam are beating us in math and the sciences. And why what my mother learned, only graduating the eight grade, would rival what many college students know today.
        Last edited by seer; 06-10-2015, 12:57 PM.
        Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Bill the Cat View Post
          Why do our leftists here typically refrain from threads like this?
          Truth hurts?
          Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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          • #6
            Don't reward excellence!

            Pull the top achievers down, or falsely push everybody else up to their level.

            My brother, former Marine, and now a Pastor near a Marine Base in North Carolina (yeah, that one), tells of the "dummying down" of the qualifications for all of the elite forces for the various branches of the military. His congregation is mostly made up of Marine families. He says the guys who talk to him about "what it's like now" in the Corps are pretty much demoralized with regards to the once proud special units.

            It's bad enough that this is in academia, but - sheesh - our military!
            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Bill the Cat View Post
              Why do our leftists here typically refrain from threads like this?
              Probably because it's inconsequential outrage-bait ...
              "I wonder about the trees. / Why do we wish to bear / Forever the noise of these / More than another noise / So close to our dwelling place?" — Robert Frost, "The Sound of Trees"

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Sam View Post
                Probably because it's inconsequential outrage-bait ...
                It's another example of the hyper-worship of "equality" at the expense of the truly exceptional. And it isn't inconsequential.
                That's what
                - She

                Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
                - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

                I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
                - Stephen R. Donaldson

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Sam View Post
                  Probably because it's inconsequential outrage-bait ...
                  We don't outrage - that's a liberal pinko commie feelie kinda thing.
                  The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Bill the Cat View Post
                    Why do our leftists here typically refrain from threads like this?
                    Take your pick:

                    We don't have that many leftists.
                    It's a seer thread, and he's nuts.
                    It's a policy they don't support anyway.

                    And my personal favorite:

                    Valedictorian in high school doesn't mean squat without a decent ACT or SAT to go with it.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Bill the Cat View Post
                      And it isn't inconsequential.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by lao tzu View Post
                        Take your pick:

                        We don't have that many leftists.
                        It's a seer thread, and he's nuts.
                        It's a policy they don't support anyway.

                        And my personal favorite:

                        Valedictorian in high school doesn't mean squat without a decent ACT or SAT to go with it.
                        And an ACT/SAT doesn't mean squat unless you got the grades to back them up.
                        You can do bad on these tests and still have good grades.
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by lao tzu View Post
                          Valedictorian in high school doesn't mean squat without a decent ACT or SAT to go with it.
                          Not even if it comes with a fancy certificate in a gold frame?
                          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by lao tzu View Post
                            I'm glad you find the pursuit of mediocrity humorous. Hopefully you aren't contributing to it with your students...
                            That's what
                            - She

                            Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
                            - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

                            I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
                            - Stephen R. Donaldson

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Bill the Cat View Post
                              I'm glad you find the pursuit of mediocrity humorous. Hopefully you aren't contributing to it with your students...
                              So first you complain that leftists don't bother themselves with seer's threads, then say they indulge mediocrity too much? The irony is not lost on me.
                              Don't call it a comeback. It's a riposte.

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