<p>The val/sal competition in my school never seemed all that competative, it was strange. The day I got leapfrogged for valedictorian by the #3 guy and my guidance counselor told me I was ridiculously happy, no one pays any attention to the salutatorian. My girlfriend at the time was #4 and she was hoping to drop to #5 so she wouldn't have to speak at class night.</p>
<p>Essentially the only one that care where he ended up was the #1, everyone else was pretty much trying to figure out how not to make a speech at graduation. It was actually very funny.</p>