student council

Election Day 1999 was a day larger than me and larger than my school. For me, however, all that mattered that day was the student council election in which I was a candidate for vice president. Earlier that year, I had been encouraged by my friends to run for the position of class representative. I was initially apprehensive about taking on the responsibilities of my schoolwork, as well as the additional work being in the student council would entail. However, as I thought about the possibilities that holding office in the student council could offer, I realized that the future ...