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[quote=Anonymous]I have a kid who has never won awards except participation certificates. This kid also got major-league bullied all through grade school for a speech impediment they were doing speech therapy to conquer. This kid was the only kid not invited to classmates parties every other kid in class was invited to, kid got tripped on the playground and shoved and shunned and kids would outright laugh at them when they did a class presentation. It echoed. Kid would come home with a certificate in K-11 and I'd say good job and kid would say: "Yeah, but everyone in class got one so it doesn't mean anything." Kid had more than a 4 point and still got passed over for everything, including first part in marching band they very much deserved senior year. Never missed a competition, missed maybe three practices due to illness over four years. The part was given to a freshman, which stung. Kid went to teacher and was told they didn't get it because they didn't try out for senior leadership. Message: what you have done doesn't mean much. Kid is shy, in part the result of years of bullying when younger. Older siblings won more awards. But this year, senior year, never-winning kid has received a few big school awards as well as amazing merit aid and a few huge college scholarships -- bigger than their siblings -- and it's just coming together for them at the end here. I'm just so quietly proud of this kid, who battled and fought all the way and nothing ever came easy.[/quote]

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