“Girls are more academically powerful. They make the grades, they run the student activities, they are the valedictorians.” RunningGirlPowerfulStudentsActivityGradesValedictorians Author:Christina Hoff Sommers
“There's got to be a point where we fix the system so that legal immigration is easier than illegal immigration and show respect for people, a kid who might have been here for 10 years, that might be a valedictorian of their high school to say, no, no, no you're not allowed to go to college. I just think there's a point past which we are over the line.” PeopleThinkingYearsHas BeensShowsMightKidsSchoolPastLinesCollegeEasierHigh SchoolImmigrationIllegalMight Have BeenIllegal ImmigrationLegal ImmigrationShow RespectValedictorians Author:Jeb Bush
“It's been a horrifying academic secret for decades that the children who walk away with the highest formal honors, the valedictorians and National Merit Scholars, have a horrendous performance record in later life.” ChildrenWalksSecretRecordsHonorHighestPerformancesDecadesMeritAcademicScholarFormalValedictorians Author:John Taylor Gatto
“This is a perfect example of the power and ridiculousness of a website like Wikipedia. I did give a slightly contentious graduation speech, where I decided not to be funny as my classmates had hoped, which was why I was chosen. I was not valedictorian, that's for sure. Instead, I talked about the failure to communicate between the administration and the teachers and students. That's what was contentious about it. At some point, somebody wrote about that incident on my Wikipedia page. And then somebody added the bit about me exposing my genitals to the crowd.” GivingBitsPerfectTeacherExampleStudentsSpeechPagesDecidedCrowdsCommunicateChosenAdministrationIncidentsWebsiteExposingWikipediaTeacher And StudentClassmatesContentiousGraduation SpeechValedictorians Author:Nick Kroll
“I got into medical school at the University of California in San Francisco and did well. A lot of smart kids in medical school, and believe me, I wasn't not nearly the smartest one, but I was the most focused and the happiest kid in medical school. In 1979, I graduated as the valedictorian and was honored with the Gold Cane Award.” BelieveWellsKidsSchoolSmartGoldUniversityFocusedMedicalCaliforniaAwardsBelieve In MeHonoredSan FranciscoMedical SchoolValedictoriansSmart Kid Author:Richard Carmona
“I'm much more of a kid now than I was when I was a kid. I was the kind of kid who was valedictorian, a straight-A student. My mom used to say, "Please stop studying and get outside."” KindKidsUsedStudyStudentsMomPleaseMy MomValedictorians Author:Carla Gugino
“I wasn't creative or theatrical. I was just doing everything. I was head cheerleader, valedictorian - it was ridiculous!” CreativeRidiculousTheatricalCheerleaderValedictorians Author:Terry Gilliam
“I was valedictorian. Did I enjoy going to school? I hated it. It wasn't a choice on my part, it was expected.” SchoolChoicesEnjoyExpectedHatedValedictorians Author:Twyla Tharp
“I gave the graduation speech at my high school. Not because I was valedictorian but because the grade voted for me to do it. And I gave a slightly contentious speech. I was a little critical of the administration. But for a long time it said on Wikipedia that I took my balls out and exposed myself to the crowd.” LittlesLongSaidSchoolSpeechLong TimeHigh SchoolBallsCrowdsCriticalAdministrationGradesExposedWikipediaContentiousGraduation SpeechValedictorians Author:Nick Kroll
“America may be the best country in the world, but that's kind of like being the valedictorian of summer school.” WorldKindMayCountrySchoolAmericaSummerBeing The BestBest CountryValedictoriansSummer School Author:Dennis Miller
“I was going to be valedictorian in elementary school, but I got into too many fights, and they made me salutatorian. I was smart back in the day. Now I'm just an idiot.” MadeSchoolFightingSmartIdiotElementary SchoolBack In The DayValedictorians Author:Marlon Wayans
“Gotta have safety at our borders. We're a sovereign nation, gotta protect our borders. Make sure the workplace doesn't become a magnet for folks to be hired without the authorization. And then let's be realistic and sensible about how we approach all those folks who made America their home, established businesses, have children who have gone on to be valedictorians at their high school - and let's do these things in a very sensible way.” WayChildrenMadeHomeSchoolAmericaNationsGoneProtectApproachHigh SchoolSafetyFolksImmigrationBordersRealisticSensibleSovereignWorkplaceMagnetImmigration ReformValedictorians Author:Xavier Becerra
“Students and invited speakers do not shed their constitutional rights when they step up to the graduation podium. Expressing faith in God does not disqualify a student from delivering a graduation message. Being designated as valedictorian or salutatorian is an honor, and students chosen for that honor should be free to share their gratitude to God with their fellow students and family members.” InspirationalShouldDoeFunnyStepsRightsShareStudentsHonorGratitudeMembersMessagesFellowsChosenSpeakersFaith In GodShedGraduationInvitedStep UpDeliveringFamily MembersConstitutional RightsGratitude To GodValedictorians Author:Mathew Staver
“For everyone who's a valedictorian, there's another 100 out there who weigh 130 pounds - and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert. Those people would be legalized with the same act.” PeopleWould BeSizeDesertMemorablePoundsMarijuanaCalvesValedictorians Author:Steve King
“Being #1 on MSN is like being Valedictorian of summer school.” SchoolSummerMarketingOnlineOnline MarketingValedictoriansSummer School Author:Craig McDonald
“Each email contains an unsubscribe link. We will NEVER sell, rent, loan, or abuse your email address in ANY way. I was a very, very serious child... I was valedictorian of my kindergarten and eighth-grade class.” WayChildrenClassSeriousAbuseSellsGradesAddressesLinksEmailLoanKindergartenEighth GradeValedictorians Author:Christine Lavin
“For every child of an illegal immigrant who's a valedictorian, there's another 100 out there who weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert (http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/12/steve-king-still-stands-by-cantaloupe-comments/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0).” ChildrenStillsKingsSizeDesertImmigrantsPoundsIllegalCommentMarijuanaBlogsIllegal ImmigrantsCalvesValedictorians Author:Michael C. Burgess
“I rebelled by not getting straight A's and not following the path that my elder sister did. She was valedictorian and is very exemplary in her way. I look a lot like her, so I just had to do the opposite. Not that I got bad grades, but I was all about performance and just finding any way that I could to be involved in any kind of production.” WayLooksKindPathInvolvedFindingsOppositesPerformancesProductionsFollowingGradesEldersLike HerExemplaryBad GradesValedictorians Author:Jennifer Garner
“I realized that the only way to get into a good college was to be valedictorian or salutatorian. So that was my goal.” WayGoalCollegeI RealizedValedictoriansGood College Author:Melinda Gates