Straight A's and a 4.50 GPA, accepted to Stanford with an engineering internship at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to boot but that's not enough for some parents. No, they wanted their daughter to get the top honor of valedictorian ... even if they have to sue for it:
And to Elisha’s mother, Carol, the second-place finish means that her daughter's "sleepless nights" were essentially “for nothing.”
"It's flawed. It's wrong," Carol told The Times. "All her hard work is not being recognized. All she had was straight A's. Not a B, ever."
Nelson said his family is considering suing LAUSD for failing to award their daughter the honor of valedictorian.
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Elisha lost by a minuscule amount, but she lost.
treatment by her professors this fall? That her resume will be enhanced to the point where she will magically get any job she wants?
It says a lot about the mother's ego.
In a few short months, her daughter will be among many, many bright people at Stanford, where valedictorians likely roam in herds. Difficult classes will oftentimes make her feel like she's a "C" student no matter what her GPA was in high school. Mom can't file a lawsuit every time a TA takes points off her kid's fluid dynamics midterm.
I got a Dell laptop for my birthday and it was the slowest piece of junk ever until the left hand side of the screen decided to suddenly stop working right on schedule after the warranty ran out. Built in obsolescence at its finest.
I then got an HP and I've never looked back (sorry, but I like my PCs).