It is time for me to pat a couple of young ladies on the back. Since I am over a thousand miles away I have to do it in writing. This writer was quite pleased last week to receive my copy of the Northeast News and find that a set of twins was the top two graduates at MacArthur High School for 2009. They went on to say they “never set out to be top-ranked.”
A tip of the Touch of Life hat goes out to Diedra and Cinthya Garcia who were the number one and number two ranked students in this year’s graduating class. I’m sure they were one of the highlights of their class graduating ceremonies held a few weeks ago. From the newspaper story they have been top ranked in the class for more than a year. As I recall from the article I read Diedra was the Valedictorian and Cinthya was the Salutatorian. The difference in grand point average between them was very small. They were separated by a GPA of .0195.
I never had such lofty goals in my high school days. Valedictorian was simply out of the question and I could be Salutatorian only if there were only two in my graduating class.
As expected the twins will not stop here. One is moving on to become a University of Texas Longhorn and the others will head east for Johns Hopkins University. No doubt those schools are glad to have these two fine students among their incoming freshmen. Good luck to both.
The spring high school graduation ceremonies for 2009 are all over by now as this is early July. Certainly there are Valedictorians and Salutatorians all over the place right now who are looking forward to many good things for themselves in the world of academia over the next few years. Texas and the U. S. can only benefit from the likes of these.
Others among our graduates will also move on to bigger and better things as well. We wish the best for them as well. Some of the “late bloomers” will end up doing better than many of the topped ranked students in their high school classes while at colleges and universities. That’s just how it works. Among these “late bloomers” will be many who settled down at the next level, hit the books, and will come out much better off for their experiences. Good luck to all!
Such are the people, places and things that have touched my life in my home!
