My (16M) friend (15F) and I are both sophomores in different high schools. It's worth noting that her school has "valedictorian" and "salutatorian" titles for each grade and not just seniors.

So my friend and I were talking via SMS about school in general the other day, and she brought up how she was essentially failing and that she was very stressed. Well, this was concerning to me, as she has always been known to be one of the most academically gifted people in her school. I asked her to elaborate, and she said her grades were just under the level necessary to be student of the year.

Of course, I thought that it was quite ridiculous that "just below student of the year" was considered failing in her book, but before I got to say anything else, she sent a text saying something along the lines of "I guess I'll just have to settle for sophomore valedictorian this year."

At this point, I, potentially wrongfully so, recognized this as a humble brag, and a bad one at that. I didn't say anything else to her that night except for "goodnight", but next time she does this (it has happened before, but not to this extent), I may bring up how obvious it is that she is bragging.

WIBTA if I were to do this?