Although school elections seem like harmless democratic processes, do not be fooled by the political paraphernalia telling you to “vote for Jack and ignore Mac” or to “vote for the Jew, it’s the right thing to do!”
Because it is hard to eschew from the campaigns of school elections, they can become pernicious, splitting the once homogeneous social scene into two or more groups (depending on if the independent decides to run…although in the case of school elections I guess this is irrelevant…) and resurrecting schisms between close friends. During election time, honest people become bitter candidates with ostensible slogans displayed on their campaign posters and fastidious students become careless when rushing to get out the vote! They resort to petty quarrels and vulgar gestures and—
Hold up. This seems a little drastic, no? Sure, the presence of a campaign is ubiquitous in any school but they seem quite harmless! Luckily, in our school they are.
In fact, at PV this year, three candidates who ran did so unopposed! However humane this campaign may be, I’m still nervous for the announcement about to be made in two minutes…
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