Schools drop “honour rolls” – Should we follow at work?
Posted by Rick Knowlan on Jan 12, 2011
An article in this morning’s Vancouver Sun is bound to stir up controversy about the decisions of some BC schools to drop the “honour roll” used to recognize top achievements by students. School officials say they’d prefer ceremonies to award students for their “individual strengths and passions”. Principal Chris Wejr of Aggasiz asks “why are we still having huge ceremonies that award a select few and fail to recognize so many strengths, talents and interests of our students?” Comments posted online to The Sun so far are predictable, including “this is intended...
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