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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Publics are like this. We can’t even announce honor roll any more because we might hurt people’s feelings. We can’t rank students. [/quote]

Ranking students doesn’t even make sense.   How could you possibly need that information.  [/quote]

It was done for decades. They still use Latin honors so why not just rank. It’s like we can’t acknowledge the hard work put in. [/quote]

Because latin honors gets at "these are the top students who should be recognized" without getting into the ridiculous games kids play to maximize their ranking.  There is no meaningful difference between the kid with a 4.564 and a 4.559, but those kids could be 20 slots apart.  So kids game the system and don't take classes they WANT to take, because they feel like they can't risk not maxxing out APs or IBs or honors.  Ranking kids damages their education and tells you literally nothing about their success or abilities that Latin honors don't also do.[/quote]

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