valedictorian

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I guess that makes me valedictorian of my own special class … I did the best of everyone who failed.
我想这大概使我有资格代表我这一类学生发言……在所有的失败者里，我做得最好。
How many families have graduated all four kids as valedictorian of their (albeit small) graduating class?
父母的这种抚养方式作用明显。因为有多少家庭培养出的四个孩子，能作为代表在毕业班上发表演讲，即使毕业班的规模不大？
When life doesn't deliver on their hopes, whether they be making class valedictorian, beauty pageant winner, company president, or neurosurgeon, women are set up for major disappointment.
如果期望中成功的演讲、选美冠军、公司总裁或神经外科医生等目标未曾实现，女人们就会大失所望。在自己的世界中作个小齿轮，是不够的。

Class Valedictorian Melissa Diaz, whose mom also graduated from Hostos, had this to say about tonight's "local girl makes very very good" story.

After graduating as his high-school valedictorian, in 1986, he attended Harvard, then Columbia Law.
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a student who has the highest grades in his or her graduating class in high school and who makes a speech at the graduation ceremony

A valedictorian is the student who has the highest grade point average in their class when they graduate from high school or college, and who gives a speech at their graduation ceremony.