Five Top High School Students

I went to an all girls Catholic high school. What was odd about it was that the all boys high school was just down the street. Soon after I graduated the schools were combined - which always made sense since we shared a lot of activities and attended the sports venues as one high school.  I’m a follower on the instagram and LinkedIn pages, and found once again this year something that sticks out like a sore thumb. The top five senior students were showcased now that graduation time is here. And as was the same as last year, they are all girls - not one boy to be found. You would think that it was an all girls high school again based on that. And the intended majors are biology, chemistry, engineering, and psychology - with the majority going to the University of Florida. When I was in high school I was on the college bound track and thought in general our education was good even though I struggled. Having had little success with science and math I never dreamed I would end up in nursing because I was so interested in history and art. But it was the seventies and nursing seems like a great opportunity to find employment. How things have changed and yet they really haven’t. I’m proud to see that the top five students are young women. But - what is happening with the boys? 

The Top Five Students

I went to an all girls high school. The all boys high school was just down the street. We shared a few things like cheering on the boys sports teams and maybe some language classes, but not much more than that. It was what it was at the time and we didn’t think much about it. Not long afterwards the schools combined. Our school was demolished. I’m sure there were merits to having separate schools but I really can’t think of any now. As with everything else these days just about every place and subject matter is on Facebook, instagram, LinkedIn and every other social media outlet. So I follow the old high school along on linkedin to see if anything or anyone pops up of interest. Now that it is graduation season the high ranking scholastic students are being highlighted. Obviously that includes the valedictorian and the salutatorian. But this year they also list the top five. When I saw the photo it was so obvious that things have changed over the years. I thought I was looking at my old all girls high school photos because all of the five were girls - with the top student going to MIT with a major in physics. But this was now a combined high school and there wasn’t one male student in the pack. What happened to the boys? That seems to be a question a lot of people are asking these days.