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[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]

Making a varsity team is way different than being a prominent Hall of Fame figure.  Making a varsity team even in basketball isn't that hard.  Now being a starter, that is considerably harder.  Then doing well and winning championships.  I mean that is like being the best in the state.  A 1500 on the ACT is not like being the best at anything.  It's an individual event that consists mostly of self-absorbed individuals. Even if you were the valedictorian, oh you're better than the half of dozen other kids in the school that care and you have a parent that teaches so you were able to get that extra A that you weren't supposed to get so you edged them out by .01 of a grade point.  Whoop-di-doo.  Not the same as being a state champion at a sport.  At least in terms of scale.  [/quote]

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