Today, Emma, my 9 year old daughter, scored her first political victory when she successfully ran for class representative for the Grade 4 girls. We spent about an hour last night making "Emma 4 class representative" flyers, all decorated with stickers... She also wrote her speech, talking about how she's made friends with all of them, how she's not afraid of speaking up her mind in front of older students, how she will strive to make her classroom community better for all, and she even finished it with a little catchphrase "A vote for me is a vote for you!" To be honest, she did get a little help from both her parents, but still, she's the one who wrote the speech and she presented it to her classmates this morning!
We are really proud of her, first for wanting to run and second for winning. Emma is still the "new kid on the block" and doesn't have any title attached to her name...as the majority of her classmates are real princesses with titles to match. She won "fair and square" with the girls voting for her. Now, is she the most popular girl in her class? Not sure, but the fact is that she was chosen a particular student who seems to be the bossiest of the class!
Sweet victory!
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