Elementary Politics
Dressed in a neon shirt and pop art styled leggings, I sit down on the bleachers, slipping my homemade missing link mask over my face. While the rest of the student council finishes touching up their various alien costumes with copious amounts of foil, the student body files into the gym for another all school homeroom. My right leg bounces, giddy with anticipation. I am about to announce this Spirit Week’s extraterrestrial adventure movie theme, which we coined “Out of this World.” It’s easy to say that I became student council president thanks to my past experience and a killer slam poetry esque election speech, yet it was actually a little elementary student council election that led me here.
Near the end of fifth grade, when recess time was still cherished, I decided to run for student council president. Being a past homeroom representative, I was confident enough until I heard the rumor. Apparently a fellow classmate of mine also intended to run. This wouldn't have been troubling except this particular classmate wasn’t only qualified he was also popular. After hearing this news, I could already see the votes tallying my inevitable loss, so I decided to run for a position I was …show more content…
I came to learn, however, that the popular student who I assumed was running chose not to. Instead, another student in my grade managed to run uncontested for president. Even though I did end up being elected as secretary, there wasn't much do. I wrote notes and ideas down during meetings until I learned that the teachers organized the same activities every year (this was elementary school after all). My time on student council was enjoyable, but I couldn't shake the disappointment I had in myself. I allowed my fear of failure to prohibit me from running for president. I was in fifth grade; one loss wasn’t going to alter the course of my
Dressed in a neon shirt and pop art styled leggings, I sit down on the bleachers, slipping my homemade missing link mask over my face. While the rest of the student council finishes touching up their various alien costumes with copious amounts of foil, the student body files into the gym for another all school homeroom. My right leg bounces, giddy with anticipation. I am about to announce this Spirit Week’s extraterrestrial adventure movie theme, which we coined “Out of this World.” It’s easy to say that I became student council president thanks to my past experience and a killer slam poetry esque election speech, yet it was actually a little elementary student council election that led me here.
Near the end of fifth grade, when recess time was still cherished, I decided to run for student council president. Being a past homeroom representative, I was confident enough until I heard the rumor. Apparently a fellow classmate of mine also intended to run. This wouldn't have been troubling except this particular classmate wasn’t only qualified he was also popular. After hearing this news, I could already see the votes tallying my inevitable loss, so I decided to run for a position I was …show more content…
I came to learn, however, that the popular student who I assumed was running chose not to. Instead, another student in my grade managed to run uncontested for president. Even though I did end up being elected as secretary, there wasn't much do. I wrote notes and ideas down during meetings until I learned that the teachers organized the same activities every year (this was elementary school after all). My time on student council was enjoyable, but I couldn't shake the disappointment I had in myself. I allowed my fear of failure to prohibit me from running for president. I was in fifth grade; one loss wasn’t going to alter the course of my