Xerox Award For The Humanities

What Are the Humanities?

https://www.bestcolleges.com/humanities/what-is-humanities/

Research the broad topic of the humanities and social sciences, which is a discipline that involves the study of human society and social relationships. Within this discipline, however, the humanities and the social sciences are distinct in their methodology and focus (although there is some overlap). The humanities typically are considered more critical and analytical, dealing with the philosophical question of what makes us human. The social sciences, on the other hand, use a more scientific approach, essentially applying similar methodology as the natural sciences to the study of humans in society.

Scholars consider the humanities to have developed first, starting in ancient Greece and evolving into a topic of study in the 15^th century. The social sciences sprang from the Enlightenment, an intellectual and philosophical movement prevalent in Europe during the 18^th century that emphasized rationality, logic, and methodology as applied to the empirical world.

Branches of the humanities include law, languages, philosophy, religion and mythology, international relations, gender and women’s studies, multicultural and regional studies, popular culture, and art and music, while branches of the social sciences include sociology, anthropology, archeology, geography, political science (including politics and government), psychology, communication studies, criminal justice, demographics, library and information science, and economics.

https://www.gale.com/humanities-and-social-sciences

Not only were all of my 4 children valedictorians of their high school graduating class but they each also received the Xerox Award For The Humanities. This award is given to 1 student each yr. at the end of their junior yr. in high school. The distinction and the qualification for the combination both of these accomplishments occuring in the same family with 4 children is pretty rare. In fact it may have never even happened before(or since). The Xerox award for the humanities was the thing that I was the most proud of as a parent. It's too bad that it's not the kind of thing that local judges, police officers or mental health authorities give a damn about. If I were within their ranks I'd be a pariah. I have nothing good to say about them. We're all just very obviously not on the same page. Among those people I am most proudly persona non grata.

The valedictorian title is based on all four years.

Typically, the title will be determined through the weighted GPA of all four years of school. The title of valedictorian is used to distinguish individuals who have achieved the highest level of academic excellence. Students who earn a 4.0 GPA, through the seventh semester of high school, will receive valedictorian designation. 

4.0 or greater. My oldest daughter for instance had a grade point average of 4.65.

What are the humanities and why are they important?

The humanities help us understand others through their languages, histories and cultures.They foster social justice and equality. And they reveal how people have tried to make moral, spiritual and intellectual sense of the world. The humanities teach empathy.