what is your high school class valedictorian doing?
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Anonymous
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We had two valedictorians. One majored in actuarial science and is super duper high up at one of the huge insurance firms (think Geico/Allstate/etc). The other majored in biomedical engineering and now is a R&D VP at one of the big biotech companies. The third is a pediatrician. All are married with children and seem happy, so that's good. All went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
We grew up in a very middle class suburban area outside of Green Bay, WI. |
Anonymous
| Oof, the pediatrician was actually the salutatorian ^^ |
Anonymous
| Mine works for her family business. Was born rich, and is still rich and her class rank was largely irrelevant to her life. |
Anonymous
It’s “WOULD HAVE” or “WOULD’VE”!!! Gah! Drives me nuts. |
Anonymous
I think it is weird/creepy you know exactly what she makes! |
Anonymous
One of my best friends. Rural high school. She got a degree from an Ivy that people here don't like. Worked in computer science for a while, now a SAHM. |
Anonymous
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valedictorian: PhD from top school. Works in big pharma.
salutatorian: MD/PhD from top school. Research with lab in nationally ranked hospital I went to a no name public school in the rural southwest. This is why I think the high school craziness in the DMV area is absurd. |
Anonymous
I’ll bet they had well educated and wealthy parents? Most rural high schools have one or two that escape because of that. But yeah, kids here will be fine. |
Anonymous
| Our went to an Ivy and is a veterinarian, which was always her goal. |
Anonymous
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Am I the only one who does not remember who my class valedictorian was?
My HS graduating class was huge with a lot of very smart students at my school. But I am completely drawing a blank as to who was #1 in my class. Granted, it's been 35 years and I've never attended a reunion. |
Anonymous
Same. My class was 600+ ppl. Our valedictorian didn't give a speech or anything like that, either. |
Anonymous
| I went to two high schools, only one of which had a valedictorian. She was all set to go to one Ivy, then had a change of heart and called an Ivy she'd rejected to see if she could go there. She did. Eventually she became a doctor after going to med school at a third Ivy. She practiced for a few years and then committed suicide. Really sad. |
Anonymous
I seem to remember one or two kids speaking at our graduation. I couldn't begin to tell you who they were though. They did a good job but they were typical "we can do anything we put our minds to, the future is ours" graduation speeches. |
Anonymous
| Ours tried to be a partner at a law firm and didn’t make it. After being pushed out, she’s now been a sahm for six or seven years. She posts a lot of complaints about the tediousness of driving everywhere, etc |
Anonymous
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My HS - Lawyer at a govt agency
My DH HS - CIO for a govt agency |