Undeserved Honor

The time has come for my final rage as the 2004 school year comes to a close. I started up the Opinionator as a way to vent on the injustices seen at Las Cruces High School and I now end my reign as editor with yet another insight into our schools nepotism, favoritism, and any other isms you would like to add.

As I arrived home from Senior Honors Night, it did not elude my conscious that it was all a joke. I sat for two hours in a hot gymnasium sporting what my friends refer to as a moomoo for nothing. And during good ol Coach Millers  ten minute speech, where he attempted to use the biggest words he could grasp from his minute vocabulary, it hit me: high school was a political scandal just waiting to be placed on the front page.

Sports dominate high school. From the barbarian and slightly retarded Football players to the dim and ditzy soccer athletes, I thought I was sitting at a sports banquet instead of an honors assembly worth the recognition. But I digress, because some of these athletes bare the burden of a rigorous academic schedule, unless youre a football star that is.

My favorite subject is next, because it hits so close to home: nepotism. I had a personal run in with this great ism earlier this year when I was kicked off my own yearbook staff for pointing out the nepotism to the principal. I shared the position of Editor with the advisors son. His effort exceeds nothing more than a sloth, and the credit he receives goes beyond recognition. He was honored tonight and praised by BobbyWofford, the English departments head, as being hard-working and creative. *Cough* bullshit *cough*. My rage against this kid is intolerable, so I will not go on knocking this pathetic loser whos ass will get kicked in the real world. His tacky, class-less family will rot one day and I will be chillin with Satan watching them burn in hell as I sip my vodka-cran and grin.

Next up is the top ten. Ive never really hated anyone in the top ten (minus Phil the fag), but as I examined the recipients of the honorable stole, I couldnt believe what these bright-eyed, smiling students represented: corruption, isolation, and misery.

Our valedictorian got to the top by cheating. She was kicked out of Sals class last year for getting answers to a test, photocopying them, and putting them in AES office for anyones disposal. And shes not even a smart cheater, because she wrote out Answers to Estradas Test on the folder. She has copied her sisters homework from years past for the majority of her classes. So to sum up our number one student, shes a blatant cheater who has no morals or integrity. Way to represent.

            Another top ten student fails to socialize with anyone. Incredible brainpower is wasted on this persons lack of speaking ability. Another loves to loathe in self-pitying and gossip. Unable to connect with anyone who doesnt hate the world, this top tenner will not survive college unless there is a club for ragers.

            So they were all honored tonight for various achievements, none of which mattered. They can hug their friends and fake some tears as they approach the stage to receive their awards, but their phoniness and inability to cope with real life will bite them in the ass. The speeches alone made me gag as the cliché became even more redundant and the fond memories of LCHS became even sappier.

            Perhaps the only deserved awards went to David Garcia for the Russ Richards Memorial, Jacob Mercer for Creative Writing, and Val Beltran for English. Other than that, there are few I recall being earned.

            Sal made his way to the stage at the end of the ceremony to bestow more undeserving stoles to the officers of SGA. Oh yes, thanks so much for prom, winterball, and that one assembly a few months back. You really did a lot to earn such a prestige honor. Go screw a cat.