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Article: Fence Post.(News)(Letter to the editor)
- Article from:
- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- March 31, 2006
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Academics should be competitive, too
As a junior at Naperville North High School, I feel that the thought of eliminating class rank for our class is completely absurd. The decision is being made by a group of out-of-touch parents, and not by those to whom the choice actually matters - the students.
Academic competition is not a bad thing. In fact, it inspires some of North's most promising students to continually study (and I mean continually; many top students frequently retire around 1 a.m.), and constantly work harder and harder to overtake the person in front of them, or simply maintain their rank.
The amount of effort put forth by these ...