Alex Arnold
Letter: NCHS Student Calls for an End to Honor Roll’s Publication
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To Mr. Dinan,
Imagine a world where students had their SAT scores and other personal information published on the Internet and in the local papers. Imagine local moms gossiping over coffee about whose child was the smartest, and chuckling over whose child was struggling. Imagine the shame certain students would feel if their SAT score was lower than their friends. Although our school has abolished class rank, and our schools newspaper has stopped posting seniors’ college decisions, our school has continued to post its quarterly honor roll, exposing private and sensitive information about students and their academic achievement to all of New Canaan.
I first noticed the adverse effects of our school’s honor roll as a freshman at the end of my first quarter of high school. The transition into high school was particularly rough for me, as I had switched from a private school and did not know anyone at NCHS, and this translated into my academic performance, which was very poor.