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To be honest, not being valedictorian hasn't mattered in my life. Which is why, perhaps, I read the story of Paul Siemens '98 with such disbelief. Paul, in case you don't know, is suing his school district for unfairness. Not because he was forbidden from taking an important...
Poor baby. Forgive me for sounding harsh. But, despite what Mr. Siemens and his attorney would have you believe, this case isn't about students' rights or principles. It's about one high-schoolers acting ridiculous, as many high-schoolers do. Most, however, don't drag the judicial system into...
But there is another, more general point here. Basically, Paul Siemens is wasting his last pre-college summer (and some money, too) with a lawsuit. And for what? To prove that a system of 30 years standing that his school used to determine valedictorians is unfair. Got some news, Paul...
And the people who fall the hardest are those who are most into being at the top. It's usually the people more in the middle who do okay, who fluorish and grow. Sooner or later, Paul Siemens will go through an experience at Harvard in which he will not...
Maybe Paul will give up his case and enjoy his last summer with his friends before they all go their separate ways to college. I hope so. Because after this summer, high school will seem both far away and less and less important in the grand scheme of things. There...