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The Class Valedictorian Tradition


            Valedictorian literally means farewell speaker and that was its only meaning until school institutions added their own two cents to it and it made it a competition title for students. Now, valedictorian supposedly means the student with the highest GPA or rank, and most of the time these students are not interested in speaking in the farewell ceremony they are only interested for the title. So, why destroy the purpose of selecting a valedictorian by setting these pointless standards for the position. If the school system plans or continues to maintain the current system of education then they should forget about selecting a valedictorian, because this will lead to lawsuits against the school, intense hostility within the school community, and loss of school staff to run the school.
             Believe it or not, this competition is subject to lawsuits and many schools in this country have already experienced lawsuits regarding the valedictorian issue. For example, Brian Delekta sued the school district to give him an A-Plus instead of an A for a class he took in his mother's law firm which made him narrowly miss the highest GPA, hence missed the valedictorian title narrowly. Likewise, Stephanie Klotz's family sued her school district, the superintendent, and the principal of valley view for GPA issues that held the title back from her. These lawsuits mentioned before are simple cases compared to Blair Hornstine's bizarre lawsuit where besides the demand for the sole title, she also demanded monetary compensation and punitive fines (Talbot,116-119). Now, we might wonder how can this "healthy competition" face lawsuits, for lawsuits are for unhealthy things. And, that assumption of "healthy competition" is exactly where we are wrong because the competition is actually not healthy as it may seem on the students report cards. For, no competition that causes hate between people is healthy.


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