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Sorry kid, that's how the

Sorry kid, that's how the world works
A high school in Washington State will have two valedictorians because one of the kid' parents SUED to have him made valedictorian. One of my favorite quotes: "The Colberts contended that Bobby had always ranked first in his class of 85 students, based on a 4.0 grading scale. But school administrators told the Colberts earlier this year that Bobby would not be chosen as either valedictorian or salutatorian because of a selection process that gave more weight to honors classes."

Ummm, since when did honors classes NOT count for more than regular classes? They did in my high school, I can tell you that much. And why shouldn't they? Getting an A in an honors class requires a LOT more work than getting an A in a "regular" class. In my high school, there were people who deliberately took "regular" classes so they could boast that high GPA, knowing full well that they wouldn't necessarily come close to the people who aced the honors classes. If Bobby aced every honors class he was in, it sounds like he probably should have been in the honors classes, and then maybe his parents wouldn't have had to sue to get him named valedictorian. Or maybe he wouldn't have aced the honors classes and the whole point would have been moot.