By stillaproudfather - 22/05/2014 19:24 - United States

Today, my daughter admitted why her grades, which are usually straight A's, have been slipping the past few weeks. Turns out she has been deliberately failing tests to avoid becoming valedictorian, so she won't have to deliver a speech at graduation. FML
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cjwayy 22

Sounds like she has social anxiety or something of the sort. Ask her why she's afraid of giving a speech maybe?

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w_pony_4ever 15

hahaha that's a hard worker you've got there

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fsomelife 26

Poor kid..let her know you're okay with her refusing to speak. They can't force her to, and neither can they take away the fact that her grades are the highest. Just let her know you're okay with her choice.

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KakarikoHero 1

I have done similar things. She will probably do that forever. try to be less than perfect to stay out of the spotlight. Nobody wants to be to curve breaker. being valedictorian can also cause her to be socially outcasted.

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weveallbeenthere 30

if she's acting like that she does not deserve it.

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badluckbryin 8

At my school it's a choice. Maybe its the same for y'all but you don't know yet?

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AnonymousAlpaca1 18

I was valedictorian of my graduating class and, while I was elated to receive the title, I was terrified to give the speech. Social anxiety couple with my hatred of being in the spotlight almost put me in the same position. But my family was so proud of me. Relatives I hadn't seen in year came to visit for graduation and they even pulled money together to buy me a class ring. So I got up there, said my speech, messed up, made a joke of it, and got the audience to laugh about it with me.

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Dordanni 10

I'm a straight A student. I didn't fail on purpose, I just opted out of walking at graduation. (2013) I deem a high school diploma a "participation award" since its nothing special. Everyone has to go through school. Plus, opting out didn't drop my grades, nor did it change the status of enrollment of my top choice college. (And I'm opting out of my college walk as well (2015), since I've applied for grad school, it seems silly to walk a stage for a minor accomplishment when I have grad school to go) so no matter her reasoning, she could just opt out instead of sacrificing her GPA (which helps with scholarships)

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Britt125 16

Not really. At least where I am you are allowed to drop school after you turn 16 (by your choice, sooner if your parents authorize it) and many people don't graduate high school; not everybody has good enough grades to graduate and not everybody chooses to stay in high school. It isn't a participation award, especially if you're, in the case of OP's daughter, valedictorian. It is actually an accomplishment that many people don't achieve. I mean it's up to you to walk the stage or not, everybody should be able to make that choice, I just really disagree with a high school diploma being a participation award. I do agree that she could just opt out of walking the stage or giving the speech and not drop her grades, but she might not feel she can do that either. If her family's really excited she might not feel she can just say no and let them down.

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irocksox2014 13

I don't blame her. I'm terrible at putting my thoughts into words.

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kelsishank 2

That's what I'm doing!! I make sure I get B's at some point or another.

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kissmeImawkward 17

Dear OP..tell your daughter not to worry :) I delivered the speech at my graduation and ,although my class teacher had to convince me, because I was certain that I couldn't do it, I wrote my speech, delivered it on the stage and it was the most amazing and beautiful moment of my entire high school, apparently I had the best speech, made my teachers cry and my parents proud of me.So please convince your daughter not to give up cause she won't regret it :)

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