Politically Correct Honor Rolls

As usual, the smart kids are shortchanged so schools can dumb down the honor roll concept: "Schools across New England have been publishing their end-of-year honor rolls in the local papers. Many of these schools - from Rockport to Bedford, N.H. to Cumberland, R.I. - also include something called the 'Effort Honor Roll.' This is the honor roll for kids who, well, didn't actually make the honor roll but should feel good about it, anyway. You tried, you failed. Congratulations!"