<p>Does anyone feel that academic achievements are under-recognized in their school and community? </p>
<p>I feel as if hard work is undervalued and too often criticized. I usually get slapped with the title of “no life” by those who indignantly stake superiority with their self-decreed “challenging workload.” </p>
<p>So, yes. They’re a bit under recognized for my school. :|</p>
<p>My school has the opposite problem. There are so many awards that they become almost meaningless within the community. I suppose it helps for colleges, but I would say over 60% of the school is in an honor society etc.</p>
<p>My school celebrates the most insignificant accomplishments so no. It is very annoying. I guess I like it in the sense that the school staff is always kissing our asses but not very much.</p>
<p>I just hate how sports “accomplishments” (i.e. getting bronchitis and recovering two days before the “big” game) are front page of the paper and serious academic achievements (like state math and science tournaments) are completely omitted from said paper - and not even mentioned in the school.
Not that I really care personally, but the fact that academic achievements aren’t publicized leads to less involvement in these activities (which I do care about)… </p>
<p>Same here. It annoys me how often just sports get recognized but then the people who aren’t sports savy but smart and make excellent academic grades are not recognized.</p>
<p>To the extent of academic grades, most people at my school don’t even know that we get ranked…
Excellent academic grades at my school are only mentioned in honor rolls, which are pointless because 1. no one really sees those and 2. grade inflation…</p>
<p>I hate how all the sports players are marveled and smart kids are made fun of---- every. single. day.</p>
<p>The less I’m recognized, the less people expect of me. I like that.</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter, because in the end, the ones who will be successful will be the ones who work hard regardless of the recognition . </p>
<p>
Nah, this is College Confidential and we’re way more cynical than that.</p>
<p>Recognition from my peers mean nothing to me unless they fear me as well. </p>
<p>But “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” preamble!</p>
<p>I’m going to be honest; I’m not exactly the person who likes to be recognized for anything. Award ceremonies are super awkward for me. I don’t like standing out - people expect less of me if I’m not ‘‘special.’’ </p>
<p>I will say that. I don’t like being expected a lot out of and I feel awkward when I am recognized. I was just saying it was annoying with sports only 
But yeah I do feel like you also</p>
<p>I enjoy not being recognized for the sole purpose of being able to defecate on others’ achievements at will. Other than that, it sucks.</p>
<p>I only like awards because they look good on college applications. But I don’t get any awards.</p>
<p>It’s the culture we live in. Sports are valued and academics… well not so much.
I’m sure that in some school areas (like those high-class privates/charters) academics are valued because almost the whole school population cares about academics. </p>
<p>A word from a ex-ivy league college admissions officer who is a councilor at my old school:
“Sports and music are usually ignored since we look for academically accelerated students and not medicare sports and musicians, but we do take in account long persistance, and dedication for the activity.” Well, don’t do sports because you want it on your transcript, do it because you like it. Doing several sports for 1-2 years for apps is just ridiculous. </p>
<p>Although college adcoms value academic achievements over sports/music achievements, the issue is about recognition in the community.
My own thoughts are that if you see someone older than you recognized for an academic achievement, you feel like “hey, I can do that too!” Which is good for society, because it leads to people trying harder to achieve things.</p>