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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I really don't understand is you walk into the high schools today and the good athletes are prominently displayed in a Hall of Fame on the wall outside the gym or whatever.  Why aren't the good students displayed somewhere? Why isn't the picture of 1998's valedictorian up on the wall like the kid who made all-state in track or football?[/quote]

You’re being disingenuous. It’s not that you don’t understand it - it’s simply that you don’t like it.

But the answer is obvious. No one gives a $hit about former (or current) boring, nerdy valedictorians who will almost certainly live boring and uninspiring (possibly well-paid) lives as lawyers or doctors or engineers or accountants.

The athletes are impressive AND they bring joy to other people (they’re fun to watch).[/quote]
No, I legitimately don't understand why an institution whose primary purpose is education doesn't celebrate it's most successful students the way it does its student athletes.  I say this as someone whose name is on the wall at my (non-FCPS) high school for three different sports.  Being valedictorian and earning a 1500+ SAT score was years of work and late nights studying. Being good at sports was years of practice too - but not as many hours as the school work.  I got a trophy for never getting a 'B' at graduation, but my picture is still up at the school decades later for how many tackles I had, how much weight I could lift, and how fast I could run the hurdles.  Seems wrong.[/quote]

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