school politics

It's really not a bright idea to let the student body vote for their leaders anymore. If you let students vote for who they want for their student body president, they're gonna vote for their friends and not who they think is best fit for the job.

I'm sure that people once voted for who they thought would be best in that position, but nay. Those days are over. Now it's just, "Vote for me because you're my best friend." I'm not saying that you can't vote for your friend. Maybe you truly think that your friend could do the best job and if that is indeed the case, so be it: vote for your friend.

Recently, at our school, we had an election for our freshman president, vice president, secretary of communication, secretary of "spirit", and treasurer. I had friends running in four of the categories. In one category, I voted for my friend because I thought they would be the best in that position. In another, I voted against my friend because I thought someone else that was running would be better suited for that job.

Oh well. That's what our generation is becoming, I suppose.

P.S. - In the last blog, I said we were mostly going to be talking about school, but another thing that will probably come up a lot is books, or entertainment in general, I guess.