#class elections

[avitha]

A Natural Born Leader

Asteri and Hebe

[thewormformerlyknownasletojrjr]

In honor of election season, let me share the story of when I was in high school and our 9th grade civics teacher had us do a class election cuz we were learning about politics and I think she was expecting us to do the typical class president/student council/class rep thing where you tell what you’ll do to help the class but she really should have made that more clear because what she got was: My party, whose campaign was ‘human rights and dragons’ and our two opponents; Clownboy, and a one legged troll. Despite my team’s best efforts and the propaganda we created wherein the troll smashed baby dragon eggs, the troll dude won in a landslide after he went into the bathroom, took off his jeans, and then put them back on with his left leg bent so it was all crammed in the top half of the pant leg and he could hop back into the classroom with his pants tied off at the knee on that side and give a speech about why he should be president. Our teacher was at a loss for words.

[nasa-is-shaking]

so APPARENTLY I’m in the running for class president by accident so that's nice

[thisismyideaofhumor]

I wish all politics was as low-stakes and whimsical as Student Council politics. I miss walking down the hallway in high school and seeing an election poster that says “Vote for me, I like rootbeer”

[percethecurse]

I stopped traffic in the middle of a crowded stairwell to get you this picture

[sweetvalleyonline]

Dove Recaps Sweet Valley Twins #14 Tug of War

Title: Tug of War

Tagline: May the odds be ever in your favour. There can only be one winner!

Summary: The halls of Sweet Valley Middle School are buzzing. Identical twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield are running against each other for sixth-grade president! It’s sure to be the most dramatic event of the year – because each one will go to any length to win.

The candidates disagree on everything, right down to how they should make use of the sixth-grade class money. But all this fighting can’t go on without taking its toll. Both sisters know that if they want to remain friends, one of them will have to drop out of the race. But which one will it be?

Initial Thoughts:

This is a story I don’t like, because it comes hot on the heels of Buried Treasure, which again has Elizabeth running for another student council position, and it feels way too early in the series to be reusing plots.

The Cover: Jessica is two seconds away from thwapping Elizabeth’s smug face with that sign. And I’m ok with that. Also, Elizabeth, are you eight? I swear I wore that dress to Selina H’s birthday party when she was eight. We played murder in the dark. [Wing: I would like more details on this game, because I am unhappy to be back to a Wakefield book after my surprise joy during my last recap.] [Raven: Ah, Murder in the Dark. One of the sexier games when I was a kid.] [Dove: Were you playing with Mr Nydick?] [Wing: On the one hand, this sounds like way more fun than Heads Up, Seven Up, which is what we played in school all the time. On the other hand, if I’ve found the right game, I much prefer the version called Werewolf. Shocking, I know.]

Also, they’re in Lib Dem and Tory colours. Not a good sign.

READ THE RECAP

[literallywolftigers-blog]

elections

When i was in ninth grade i had a really awesome biology teacher who was also kind of a major jerk. So when class elections came around instead of just signing kids paper he would ask them all sorts of questions like a presidential debate and one day arguably the most popular boy in my grade asked him to sign his paper and my teacher asked him “why are you the best choice for class president” and he replied

“I think i am academically equipted to run this class” equipted. equiptED.

and i burst out laughing which freaked out some ppl cause i’m usually super quiet and then when i paused to breath the only other person laughing was my teacher. NO ONE ELSE UNDERSTOOD WHY WE WERE LAUGHING. SERIOUSLY GUYS? THIS IS WHY HE TELLS YOU THINGS LIKE BENJAMIN IS PRONOUNCED BEEN-JAMMIN’ IN CANADA

[samherzpearson]

THE MOST BIASED CLASS ELECTIONS

This happened today: Teacher: Who wants to be Class President? Y: I nominate X to be president! X: No, Mdm. I don't want to be the president. Teacher: *gives speech about elections and how you shouldn't elect your friends because of the sake of being friends" Y: I nominate X! Teacher: *writes X's name on the board* Okay, who else wants to elect? W: I close the nomination! Z: I second the motion!

And that, kids, is the story of how X, because of the fact that she's popular and despite her protests, is now the president of my section. I can hear the downfall coming.

FUCK MY CLASSMATES DON'T KNOW HOW TO ELECT SHIT THEY DON'T FUCKING KNOW WHAT "BIASED" MEANS FUCK AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT "I DON'T WANT" MEANS FUCK