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.
But that was the year the head cheerleader decided it might be a good idea for the students to vote on who would speak at graduation instead of having the top two students speak, as was tradition. The administration went for it, and the head cheerleader and the valedictorian were graduation speakers.
I still think that was all engineered because they thought I might smart off in a graduation speech. But I didn't sue, because that's life.
Is it just me or does it seem as though she's more invested in [i]being[/i] the parent of a valedictorian than she is in her own child..?
Apparently not. Nelson Marquez seems to be doing a lot of speaking too. Tool.
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.
Elisha lost by a minuscule amount, but she lost.