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Originally Posted by ScientiaOmnisEst
I'd like to address this assumption: namely, I don't think it's necessarily so. I didn't know they still did awards like that - they had them when I was in grade school and I understood they were for excellence in particular subjects - high averages and such, as opposed to overall GPA. As far as I know, they have nothing to do with kissing butt (or at least, not much). You get a history award by doing really well in history, a math award for excelling in math, etc.
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You may be right, but I still question these awards because my daughter has had a 100 for a grade in science all year long. Always put forth 110% on science projects. Always followed the class rules and never got in trouble. Yet, she did not receive the "science award". Maybe the teacher decided to give it to a student that struggled all year long and finally got their act together at the end. Maybe the teacher decided to give it to a student that comes from a difficult home life but still managed to do well in class. Maybe the teacher decided to give it to a student that did horribly in science but always chatted up the teacher and had a smile on their face. Who knows? The possibilities are endless. And if you can do all my daughter did and still not get the award, then it's just as well she not get it as there's no way to earn that award. I just get the feeling these awards are very subjective and I come from a background where awards are given based on excelling at something. Oh well. Time to move on down the highway as they say.