High School Politics

Long day, people. Long day. We had an assembly for Student Government elections, with candidate speeches and such. Aunt James is in charge of all that, and she was busy. It was a good assembly. The students each made a campaign video, which was shown before each speech, and some were excellent. Most everyone went for the humorous angle, and a few of them were completely hilarious. My favorite combined the silly seriousness of Steve Colbert with the silly silliness of SCTV (complete with stuffed body dummies being plowed by a car). A brilliant piece of work, I must say. Two of the candidates (one for President, one for Vice-President) are in my classes, so I have a rooting interest, and I waxed philosophic (an internal monologue) as I watched the proceedings about the balance and appeal at the high school level of substance and popularity in the voters' choice of officers. I only remember it, in my own school experiences (I ran for VP of my sixth grade class--and lost), as a popularity contest (Well, after all, what substance is there in the sixth grade? More corn with your pizza? Longer recess? Better four-square balls?). But here, it was clear that some candidates were aiming for the popularity angle, and some were laying out some issue-based groundwork. The end result awaits.

Softball results: we split the double header, winning the first game 20-0, and losing the second 11-9. Overall, a good night.

Now, I think I need a nap.