Because I'm eeeeeasy....
Easy night last night. Put up some more Christmas decorations; did a little housework; so forth...
Mackenzie is running for Student Council president, and I'm so proud of her. Not only that she has the chalupas to put herself out there, but she genuinely wants to serve....and she's showing real leadership, too. She's already taken on the teacher/adviser about the voting process. She has real ideas about how to make the voting more fair, and I'm impressed she's gutsy enough to confront the adviser(s) about them.
I helped her put together some (pretty darned nice, actually) posters last night. Today she unveils her "campaign". To me, win or lose, just taking part in the process will be a real growth and learning experience for her.
Of course, in the real world, Student Council has about as much chance to effect change as do the Spiders from Mars, but that's (very much) beside the point. Wanting (and striving) to serve in a leadership position is the point, and she makes me proud.
posted by Ted @ 10:45 AM
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Wow, sounds like she takes after her dad! You should be very proud.
Good luck to her...student politics are always so different from the real thing, but believe it or not, there CAN be a real voice in student politics.
It takes a leader to organise the students if change needs affected. Happened in my high school when we successfully got the closed campus rule changed to an open campus.
Be proud dad...you did good.
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