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[–] Cammy@hexbear.net 8 points 1 hour ago

You'd probably hear more about material conditions like poverty, an unstable home, or lack of accommodations at school, so they'd never do it.

But having a time slot dedicated to one person who made it to the top is an early part of capitalist myth making. They want a justification of the status quo, not its condemnation.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 14 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

This is a thing?

American schools are weird

[–] Cammy@hexbear.net 4 points 1 hour ago

It can be worse. Sometimes they honor and give recognition to students who will join the military after graduation. Or at least they did at mine.

[–] context@hexbear.net 24 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

yeah it's big nerd bragging rights to be selected as valedictorian

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 7 points 2 hours ago
[–] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 hours ago

Yes, my high school had top 2 students by grade and the student president give speeches

It was awful

[–] videogame@hexbear.net 15 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

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[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 35 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

50/50 on being an insane unhinged trauma dump or speech about how socializing and having fun is more important than studying and good grades

[–] Cammy@hexbear.net 7 points 1 hour ago

I don't think it would be unhinged so much as an act of catharsis by giving a neglected student a microphone to explain how the system failed them. But yeah, some students get there with no regrets.

[–] Militant_Marxist@hexbear.net 17 points 5 hours ago

The only discernable difference between educated liberals and uneducated ones is that the uneducated ones are worse at hiding their hate and ignorance.

[–] Parsani@hexbear.net 20 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It would arguably be a better speech too

[–] The_Jewish_Cuban@hexbear.net 19 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I bet they wouldn't spend the entire time jacking their ego off and then listing their entire family tree

[–] OgdenTO@hexbear.net 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly if the speech was mandatory jacking off it would be waaaaaay more interesting.

[–] take_five_seconds@hexbear.net 7 points 1 hour ago

these are high school students libertarian-alert

[–] godlessworm@hexbear.net 15 points 5 hours ago

to those of us who this would have been, im curious what your speech would have said

mine would have just been “many of you dont know me” and then i walk off

keep em guessing

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 5 points 3 hours ago

I would have just quoted StarCraft Brood war

[–] deforestgump@hexbear.net 14 points 5 hours ago
[–] glans@hexbear.net 10 points 5 hours ago

would've been my chance

me with a 52-6% average passing all classes for most of highschool