Class election

Class election
Yesterday, there was an election for class president and vice president. We had two days to campaign. Ha. Since I was the the new kid I figured no one would vote for me; but I still really wanted to win. Not only because I would get more friends but it would include quite a few more people in the class(And a little for the glory :-). My teacher asked us to think up a speech to say before the election so any last unsure voters would get an idea for who to vote for. I really took the speech seriously and I shouldn't have. Everyone just came up to the podium and said something like: "I want to be class oficer because I want everyone to have less homework and more parties." Or, "I want to be class oficer because it would be really fun."And (this came from the person who won) "I want to be class president because I've been class president 3 years and a row." But it's not their fault that I thought that their speeches were, um, well, un-political. My speech went like this: "To start off, I want to quote Nelson Mandela. Quote, "We ask ourselves: Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous ,talented , and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God." End quote. Then I picked up, " And with that I hope everyone has run a clean campaign." I was hoping for some blushes. "Now, I'm the kid in school as I've been the past 3-4 years at other schools, however, the new broom sweeps clean." Pause. "This year I want to be an example of servant leadership; doing this my new agenda will include everyone in the class. So, I look foward to serving the class and I look foward to ........................ the victory celebration with Crispy Creme Doughnuts. Thank you." No clapping except for a few who were very nice... or very mocking. I got 1 vote. No, I didn't forget the 0. I only got one vote. I didn't even vote for myself!!! It was humiliating. But the person I voted for was Vice president, so I was not completely crushed. Next post on 9/11/2001.