For many years schools have named their top students valedictorians. In recent years though, the naming of a valedictorian has become a larger issue. The issue has become so controversial that students have even sued their schools because of it. While it may not seem fair to other hard-working students, schools should continue the practice of naming one or two valedictorians each year. There are many reasons why schools should continue naming valedictorians, such as, it rewards students who work hard and deserve to earn the title. While students may try to gain an advantage over their peers, schools work to keep a level playing field by deciding who the title will be awarded to by many different factors, not solely based off of a student’s
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If schools begin to do this, it would not give the students something to work towards, and would become just another insignificant award. Valedictorian is the highest honor that not everyone is deserving of, so why take the honor away because some students see it as unfair? By taking away valedictorians, it becomes unfair to them because it is what they have been working towards for years. Lenore Skenazy, a well-known columnist, believes this is what is wrong with today’s society. Everyone gets their feelings hurt or finds things to be unfair when they do not go their way. Skenazy often discusses how students/children in today’s society are typically given a hand to hold all throughout life, and never truly get to experience the unfairness in life until they reach early adulthood. In her article, “Adulthood 101,” Skenazy explains that many college students will turn for help when faced with the most minute problems because they never learned to deal with problems in life without an adult looking over their shoulder to help. “This is exactly the life lesson we have, in our love and worry, failed to give our kids. Instead, for the past generation or two we have been always at their side, overseeing them, monitoring them, making sure they're OK ... to the point where they aren't.” (Skenazy) Instead of holding kids’ hands throughout life, society should
If schools begin to do this, it would not give the students something to work towards, and would become just another insignificant award. Valedictorian is the highest honor that not everyone is deserving of, so why take the honor away because some students see it as unfair? By taking away valedictorians, it becomes unfair to them because it is what they have been working towards for years. Lenore Skenazy, a well-known columnist, believes this is what is wrong with today’s society. Everyone gets their feelings hurt or finds things to be unfair when they do not go their way. Skenazy often discusses how students/children in today’s society are typically given a hand to hold all throughout life, and never truly get to experience the unfairness in life until they reach early adulthood. In her article, “Adulthood 101,” Skenazy explains that many college students will turn for help when faced with the most minute problems because they never learned to deal with problems in life without an adult looking over their shoulder to help. “This is exactly the life lesson we have, in our love and worry, failed to give our kids. Instead, for the past generation or two we have been always at their side, overseeing them, monitoring them, making sure they're OK ... to the point where they aren't.” (Skenazy) Instead of holding kids’ hands throughout life, society should