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Next Year's Classes
Joe:
Go batman go!
dark_drake:
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--- Quote from: Towelie[x86] on April 02, 2006, 03:25:41 am ---last year our valedictorian had a 4.7 or 4.8.... I can't remember. Wait... we had 3 last year... it was gay.
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Honestly, I think the largest constituent of GPA by an overwhelming amount is determination. While this is obviously a great trait in a person, I honestly don't think someone's GPA is an accurate reflection of their intelligence. Our valedictorian this year is pretty smart, but I don't think she's nearly as smart as a few other people in my class. *cough*
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We'll probably have 5 valedictorians this year :|
Of course valedictorians aren't always the brightest, but they played the game, and that matters much, much more than someone saying how smart they are with a 2.5 GPA.
RoMi:
Math:
Science:
History:
Tech:
English:
Philosophy:Pre-Cal, H (full year) and Number Theory (half year, intro type of thing, sounded like fun)
Nuclear Physics, H (half year) and Astronomy, H (half year)
Topics in US History (full year, focus on a very specific topic in US history for a few weeks and go in-depth about it)
Comp Sci, AP (full year)
English IV, H (full year)
Philosophy VI (full year)
Sidoh:
--- Quote from: dark_drake on April 03, 2006, 04:41:29 pm ---We'll probably have 5 valedictorians this year :|
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Weird.
--- Quote from: dark_drake on April 03, 2006, 04:41:29 pm ---Of course valedictorians aren't always the brightest, but they played the game, and that matters much, much more than someone saying how smart they are with a 2.5 GPA.
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I'm wholly aware of this, but it annoys me that people automatically revere someone who has been awarded valedictorian as a genius. Sure, they've learned the material, but that doesn't necissarily constitute the actual understanding of the material (by no means am I saying this is the case for you; we both know it's not :P). The person who will likely be validictorian in our class is definitely smart, but she's not smart compared to about three of my classmates (Jeff, Myself and Lihao; I'm pretty sure you've met Jeff. Maybe not, though). Jeff is smart, but he doesn't try the least in school. He doesn't even take hard classes. Lihao and I take hard classes and try when it sounds interesting. :P
dark_drake:
--- Quote from: Sidoh on April 04, 2006, 06:40:48 pm ---
I'm wholly aware of this, but it annoys me that people automatically revere someone who has been awarded valedictorian as a genius. Sure, they've learned the material, but that doesn't necissarily constitute the actual understanding of the material (by no means am I saying this is the case for you; we both know it's not :P). The person who will likely be validictorian in our class is definitely smart, but she's not smart compared to about three of my classmates (Jeff, Myself and Lihao; I'm pretty sure you've met Jeff. Maybe not, though). Jeff is smart, but he doesn't try the least in school. He doesn't even take hard classes. Lihao and I take hard classes and try when it sounds interesting. :P
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I agree completely. Last year, one of our valedictorians really was an idiot. Seriously, she got through high school with a 4.0, but when she went on to college, she got a wake-up call like no other. She failed her calculus and chemistry classes. She never really understood the material to begin with, so I guess she deserved it. Oh well, but seriously, has anyone ever heard of a valedictorian flunking out in college?
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