Thanks, every day since she was born. But, again, unlike the girl in this article (and many other children who are not valedictorians), my daughter never had to worry about a place to live or getting enough to eat.

Santiago Munoz (14 yo at Bronx who was commuting 2.5 hrs EACH WAY to HS) Chelsea  Fearce (homeless valedictorian to spelman) Liz Murray  (homeless to harvard) Dawn Loggins (homeless to Ivy) Samantha Garvey (homeless winner of Intel science competition) “I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions...more

Schools add to the GPA to give students credit for taking harder than normal classes, not to make them feel good.  Typically honors classes give you an extra .5 and AP an extra 1 point.  HOWEVER, in some cases, teachers are pressured to give higher grades than students have earned.  That is a separate issue.  Also, ...more

Actually, no.  Most public schools these days add 1 point to the grade point of each AP level class, including at least one of the best schools in the United States.

My oldest was a valedictorian.  She worked *really* hard, but she had everything she needed to succeed.  Never lacked for parental help and interest, food, shelter, rest,  comfort, love, compassion.

You're an inspiration, young Miss.

No surprise irrational people just make stuff up to be offended by.

She mixed hydrochloric acid with aluminum - in chemistry class.

She is a gibbering idiot, which works well for her since so are most of her viewers.