Mrs M
yoda76WERE YOU SCHOOL CAPTAIN?
December 16th 2011 02:27
Last week my daughter decided to nominate herself for the leadership team (Captain, Vice Captain, SRC leader). She has been on the Student Representative Council this year and she enjoyed her first foray into selfless public servitude.
She had her sights set on bigger things. Which, if you know my daughter, is encouraging because she’s usually the quiet reserved one that is always unsure of herself.
J worked on her speech the entire weekend. She recited it that many times I had almost memorized it. She asked me for my advice and I pointed her in the right direction but stopped short of writing or working out the finer details her ideas and policies.
And I knew that if this was just a teacher’s vote, she be a shoe in. She’s that sort of student. Studious, attentive, considerate, responsible. What she doesn’t have though is a huge group of friends.
She’s the kind of girl that likes smaller groups so while she might be well respected amongst her peers, she doesn’t exactly hang around with the popular crowd.
And in her eyes, this is what let her down. J stood up in front of the entire Year 5 and outgoing Year 6 student body and read her speech. She had a bad feeling things weren’t going to go well for her because it seemed not many people were listening to her speak; except for the 3 girls in her little group.
J was considerate of every other speaker and listened attentively to what they had to say. All the while watching how the room reacted to each one.
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She had her sights set on bigger things. Which, if you know my daughter, is encouraging because she’s usually the quiet reserved one that is always unsure of herself.
J worked on her speech the entire weekend. She recited it that many times I had almost memorized it. She asked me for my advice and I pointed her in the right direction but stopped short of writing or working out the finer details her ideas and policies.
And I knew that if this was just a teacher’s vote, she be a shoe in. She’s that sort of student. Studious, attentive, considerate, responsible. What she doesn’t have though is a huge group of friends.
She’s the kind of girl that likes smaller groups so while she might be well respected amongst her peers, she doesn’t exactly hang around with the popular crowd.
And in her eyes, this is what let her down. J stood up in front of the entire Year 5 and outgoing Year 6 student body and read her speech. She had a bad feeling things weren’t going to go well for her because it seemed not many people were listening to her speak; except for the 3 girls in her little group.
J was considerate of every other speaker and listened attentively to what they had to say. All the while watching how the room reacted to each one.
READ MORE HERE
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