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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I associate those awards with kids in schools with lowest performing students/low income schools. Saddest (ridiculous) "award."[/quote]

I’m the PP from above.  I went to an Ivy and have a PhD. I also played 3 Varsity sports in HS and was captain of each team. I won plenty of other awards, but I was actually pretty proud of that one.  Very few kids besides me cared or noticed that I won it.  I doubt it was encouraging others to try for perfect attendance.  [/quote]

Cringe response on so many levels. A number of people on DCUM have had very successful paths, and couldn't have cared less about perfect attendance. You just come off like a hyper-competitive award-glutton.
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Of course perfect attendance is not the thing that made me successful.  My equally successful sister was constantly sick and missed tons of school.  She also got most of my parent’s attention because she was always sick.  It was kind of nice to be recognized at school for something that made me an afterthought at home.  [/quote]

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