Im not shure if this would belong in the politics forum or not, but when you were in high school, when elections came up for class president, did it seem like the popular kids always won? I remember when I was in 12 grade, these two girls were running for class president. Anyways, the popular group went around the hallways tearing down the other girls campaign posters. I felt so bad for her. The popular girl won the elections of course. But last year, we kinda had a little class reunion and the popular girl who won the election was at the party inhaling an aerosol can to get high.

not for me. seemed like it was the ambitious and hard-working people who got elected.

My high school was small about 200 students. We didn't have school wide elections. Three weeks after the school year the freshman, sophomore, junior and senior classes would hold class officer elections. Basically students would nominate themselves or another student for the positions of president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and the students not nominated would vote on the positions. It basically was a popularity contest among the classes. All students elected by their classes would be appointed automatically to the student council. The senior class president automatically becomes president of the student council. Most of the time the students elected were hard working and good leaders. There were a few who didn't do much. The girl that was class president during my junior year was an idiot who didn't do much. The VP did most of the work.

don't mean to be negative but high school elections seemed like a bunch of bs to me. in my school, anyway, the class bodys "power" was limited to lobbying for a new snack machine or organizing a can drive for some ridiculous new plaque with the schools name or crest on it. at myschool it was definately just for show and a big popularity contest.

much like the school newspaper which i was regretfully on. i understand a school has a curriculum to follow and must always be prudent but really the school newspaper was a joke. i'd ask to do a story on gay students or interview a pregnant student and the head of the paper would be like "no, but you can list the students who made honor roll". then they'd try to sell this ridiculous thing for 25 cents. it was so embarassing to try to stand there in the hall and sell this "puff piece" to people. nobody wanted it.