And, everyone gets a participation trophy, a medal and ice cream

It is no different than competition for scholarships (I sit on a committee that gives out three $5000 scholarships a year and must read through about 100 packages of transcripts, SAT scores, resumes, community service project details and essays) or the competition to get admitted into schools.

And the process is not nearly as subjective as you would think - in a lot of cases it is pretty easy to determine who is most deserving of an award.

 

AP is weighed more heavily than "regular classes."

But not all regular classes are equal, either. Chemistry and Calculus are tougher than Elementary French or Spanish.

"I got a 4.0 average in high school with 12 Advanced Placement classes" is fine by me. No need to compare 5.3278 kid with 5.3272 kid to determine a "winner."

 

LIke I said, if you add other elements - like SAT scores, community service, the number of activities someone participated in -- you take the whole .00006 element out of it.

 

I don't know. I went to Missouri. I bet those kids who got As in AP Calculus and Physics worked way harder academically their senior year than I did in four. Give them their meaningless pat on the back and move on.

Or maybe - for daring to take attention away from the lacrosse team - have some jocks come up on stage after they get their award and beat them mercilessly. While the audience laughs and jeers hysterically. That'll teach them.

 

That's assuming the members of the lacrosse team - which is generally comprised of kids not tough enough to play football or hockey -- could actually beat them up........

 

I'm still waiting on my damn ice cream!

 

Jim Brown just laughs and laughs and laughs.

 

"Those prep school boys'd just pee themselves when they see old Bunk coming at 'em"

Start at 2:18. Good old Bunk & Omar.

 

Up here, many lacrosse players are hockey players, and vice versa.

 

There are exceptions to every rule.

Jim Brown is just further evidence that if football went away, all of those lacrosse players would be playing soccer......

 

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