Perhaps in a year or two you'll take it for granted and look down your nose at riff-raff who might harbor ambitions to earn the award

If you're going to project comments like this...

This reminds me of a story that Ayn Rand once told, when she and her husband Frank were watching the 1972 Presidential campaign when George McGovern was talking about the "little people" in America:

Ayn: "There are no 'little people' in America"
Frank: "There's George McGovern"