@[email protected] to [email protected] • 5 months agoWhat happened to the smartest kid in your class?message-square62fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down15
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minus-square@Death_Equitylink12•5 months agoValedictorian is a way, but plenty of valedictorians aren’t the smartest kid, just the smart one who had the motivation to become one. Can’t even use SAT or ACT score to pick, because the smartest kid may not have cared enough to bother or try to do as well as they could.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•5 months agoPlus, there are so many different types of smart; test taking is far from the only one.
minus-square@bitchkatlinkEnglish1•5 months agoIn my school the valedictorian didn’t really challenge himself by taking hard classes.
Valedictorian is a way, but plenty of valedictorians aren’t the smartest kid, just the smart one who had the motivation to become one.
Can’t even use SAT or ACT score to pick, because the smartest kid may not have cared enough to bother or try to do as well as they could.
Plus, there are so many different types of smart; test taking is far from the only one.
In my school the valedictorian didn’t really challenge himself by taking hard classes.
That is a smart valedictorian.