<p>A kid can have a title in student government (you did say this was elections) and when asked in an interview or on a resume, what he/she accomplished of significance, and not have a lot to say. Colleges care more about what was achieved and accomplished than the title one was elected to (or not). If your son is truly interested in the endeavor for which he ran for election, the fact that he was not elected, should not stop him from doing whatever it was he had hoped to do had he been elected (you did not say the nature of the activity). Otherwise, it is more about wanting the title. </p>
<p>Frankly, in school elections, you can have a wonderful platform but many kids don’t give a care when voting and simply vote for their friend or who they know and not what they are gonna DO. </p>
<p>The important thing is to be a doer and a shaker and a shaper. If you have a title to go with it, great. If not, it doesn’t matter. WHAT you do matters far far more.</p>