Leadership

**pevergreen** · 08-31-2007, 01:16

Well there is a male and a female role.

Voting was combined though.

So the female got over 60% of the votes.

Voting is not the whole process.

The votes mentioned are student votes.

Teachers vote, there is a board which looks at the applications.

The current people in that position give their reccomendation.

I read the one I got from the current guy. He said I was enthusiastic and had helped out.

Then interviews happened.

I think I will take Rythmic's suggestion and rule with an iron fist.

Thanks for your help guys.

**Ser Clegane** · 08-31-2007, 11:48

Originally Posted by pevergreen

Well there is a male and a female role.

Voting was combined though.

So the female got over 60% of the votes.

Voting is not the whole process.

The votes mentioned are student votes.

Teachers vote, there is a board which looks at the applications.

The current people in that position give their reccomendation.

I read the one I got from the current guy. He said I was enthusiastic and had helped out.

Then interviews happened.

Based on this I think your school should seriouly re-consider the process it uses to select people for such positions.
This approach almost makes sure that there will be frustration and awkwardness.

Apart from that, positions like "IT steward" don't sound like something that should be staffed via a democratic process.
If the position requires certain capabilities and know-how and if somebody who held this position feels that you have the capabilities, chances are that you are a good choice (and friends should hopefully recognize that as well when they get beyond a - perhaps understandable - initial disappointment)

**Ramses II CP** · 08-31-2007, 16:30

Take the long view. The position is resume filler that just might impress someone at your college of choice. Compared to that a few friends having a hissy fit is piddly stuff.

As tempting as it may be to regard it otherwise, the purpose of High School is not to be the most popular. I'm not saying you shouldn't smell the roses (Dude above is right, boff her, snog her, gush her, and all those other kiddie terms for ****ing her seven ways to Sunday... err, after you familiarize yourself with the Age of Consent laws for your state or etc.), but seriously don't get caught up in trying to please a bunch of teenagers.

The most important lesson you can learn from school at this level is how absurdly ephemeral these seemingly agonizing choices actually are. Next week you'll have a whole other crisis going on, guaranteed.