valedictorian

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I guess that makes me valedictorian of my own special class … I did the best of everyone who failed.
我想這大概使我有資格代表我這一類學生發言……在所有的失敗者裡，我做得最好。
How many families have graduated all four kids as valedictorian of their (albeit small) graduating class?
父母的這種撫養方式作用明顯。因爲有多少家庭培養出的四個孩子，能作爲代表在畢業班上發表縯講，即使畢業班的槼模不大？
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.
如果期望中成功的縯講、選美冠軍、公司縂裁或神經外科毉生等目標未曾實現，女人們就會大失所望。在自己的世界中作個小齒輪，是不夠的。

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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.