What's your high school superlative? (biggest jock, biggest brain) Is it still true today? If you didn't get a unique distinction what should you have gotten?
May 15, 2024 | Sparkle Wednesday
Mid-May means that commencements and graduations are in the air! The "We love our Seniors" yard signs are out in full force, and schedules are full of proms, spring concerts, parties, skip days, and senior banquets.
I remember going to my senior banquet at the end of the year—I'm sure many of you did, too! Students were awarded notable distinctions at the banquet for outstanding academics, sports, and the arts. Towards the end of the evening, the program shifted a little lighter when our student council awarded the senior superlatives. You know, stuff like this:
Biggest gossip
Biggest prankster
Best athlete
Most talented
Biggest brain
I won the "Most Fascinating and Intriguing" award. I'm not sure why I received this distinction. I suspect it was because I changed after a stint in Israel as an AFS exchange student. I returned for my senior year, immediately bonded, and became inseparable with my new Peruvian brother, Iván, who was now living at my house. Looking back, I guess we were sort of intriguing! Keep in mind that my graduating class was less than 150 people! Lol!
Fascinating and intriguing (haha), this doesn't hold true for me today.
What's your high school superlative? (biggest jock, biggest brain) Is it still true today? If you didn't get a unique distinction what should you have gotten?
I was voted "most musically inclined," which, after coming off my performance in the spring musical and also being the only guy in my school in a rock band, wasn't a huge surprise!
When I graduated high school, my superlative was “ray of sunshine”! I’d like to think this is still true today, I always try to look at the sunny side of life :)