The Dreaded Student Council

GoBlueAlumMom
Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:23:05 +0000

Only run for Student Council if you like planning social events and raising $$. Both of my kids were elected and served for a school year. In our high school, council kids have to use up a full-year elective by being simultaneously enrolled in the Student Leadership class. In addition, there’s a huge time commitment outside of class. There were no guest speakers or field trip opportunities to give the council kids exposure to community leaders. As a parent, it irritated me to see how much time and effort was put forth by the kids to receive no real learning experiences in return.

My S. had the good sense not to waste more than one year serving a largely ungrateful and apathetic student body. Despite her brother’s negative comments based on direct experience, my D. ran anyway and served this past year. I had to bite my tongue big time when she decided to run for re-election. She found out the hard way when her class voted in all new reps just for the sake of it. She and her fellow council reps were told loud and clear how much their hard work and dedication has been appreciated by their peers, despite having had a successful year of planning fun, well-attended activities and raising loads of money.

I consider S.C. to be a joke for the most part and think your time could be much better spent pursuing other activities that are actually leadership-oriented.