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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t understand how you can claim your elementary or middle school kid is #1.  There don’t rank or separate them.  There’s the “top” students, and then everyone else [/quote]

They say the top 2 of every subject at the awards ceremony, and there are other telling awards. The way it is shaking out for her grade, you can tell #1, have a reasonable guess about #2 and maaaybe #3. After that there's no telling. I agree they do not rank, as I mentioned in my OP.[/quote]

What school has an award ceremony where they name the top 2 students in every subject?   Talk about lazy and uninspiring.   And what is it based on, test scores?  Class attendance?  I call baloney on this story. [/quote]

My kids' school has a "student of the year" award for each subject.  It's not at all based on which kid is the smartest or has the top grade in the class, but instead based on attitude, effort, improvement, and other nebulous things that for whatever reason stand out to the teacher.  I imagine that some of the parents who win these awards misinterpret it and think it means their kid was the smartest one.  [/quote]

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