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...grade in physics at the wrong time. But the truth is that many schools don't have a strict grade average-rank correlation. There are many reasons for this--most schools don't want their champion basket weaver and gym student beating out their science genius to become valedictorian. Some schools weight honors courses more heavily. Other schools decide to emphasize part or all of the senior year more heavily, figuring that it will be the toughest...
...unfair? Sorry. Many things in life are unfair. If Paul hadn't gotten to be valedictorian because of the color of his skin, that would be unfair. If he had been denied it because the principal didn't like him, that would be unfair. If he had been second-ranked because someone had altered his grades in the records, that would be unfair...
...fact is that "the Number 1 student" isn't an easy thing to find out. Evidently, Shari Dickstein, the valedictorian held it together better during senior year while college applications and (no doubt) demanding activities step into high gear. Along the twists and turns of high school, there are often cases when a teacher's dislike, a forgotten quiz or a misunderstood homework assignment has caused a grade to be "unfairly" lowered. The Spring Valley High School system of determining valedictorians is no better nor worse than most...
...away and less and less important in the grand scheme of things. There's time enough at Harvard to act self-important and pretend that one's own goals and aims are based on universal principles. Paul Siemens needs to accept with good grace that he's not valedictorian and get on with life...
...needs to remember to buy a good comforter, too. Because at Harvard, it really doesn't matter if you were valedictorian or not. It matters if you can keep warm during those frigid winter nights when the heat isn't working. If Paul Siemens is smart, he'll let college teach him how to put things in perspective. That is, unless he wants to be known as the "Sore Loser" for the next four years...