mass, a very affluent community, a lot of the elite kids with wealthy families who spend a lot of money on the education. the notion that just by showing up that you get to run the next google award is not true. the valedictorian number is not accurate. so many schools in the country think that valedictorians are unfair and make the other people feel bad that they now handout multiple valedictorians. the new york times did a story last yore that one high school in texas handed out a hundred valedictorians. how can you be the 100th valedictorian. that's the crux of his speech. if everyone is a valedictorian, then no one is. martha: it's been going on throughout this whole generation if not before this. >> certainly we've been to your plays, your games, your recitals, your science fares. smiles ignite when you walk into a room and others gasp at the