26 May 2005
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Being at the top: Good? - 12:49 p.m.
We people at the top of the class get a raw deal. No, I'm not saying that just because I'm one of them. I'm being honest. Sure, it might give you an edge when you apply to college ("Hey, this kid is a val!" or "Hey, this kid is a sal!"), but the other stuff really isn't all that great. Take it from me.
First, we, along with the rest of the Top 25 and the class officers (three of whom are in the top 25) get to/have to sit on the stage. This means that we can't sit there and play with our cords or stoles, which is a shame because I keep wanting to play with my cords. (What? They're fluffy!) The Top 25 are called "Honor Students", which I find ironic because a few of them have never taken an honors class.
Second, there's the walking in order. The top 25 walk in first, according to class rank. This means that Polly walks in first, then me, then Becky, and so on. Then everyone else goes in alphabetically. This means that people notice us first.
Then there's the final straw--the speech. I love to write (duh), but I don't like writing something that I'm going to have to read in front of a bunch of people. Besides making graduation longer, we at the top of the class have basically experienced the rat race, such as when I went to ASC for my scholarship interview and suddenly became "normal". It takes a really smart person to stand out down there.
But I digress. Why make the smart people give speeches? What if they don't even want to? Maybe it's something to instill school spirit or something like that, or maybe it's a tradition that nobody really knows the origin of.
Conclusion: There are really more cons than pros to being "up there". After high school, nobody really cares anyway.
Ah, that feels better.
To Do:
1. Practise speech
2. Graduate