Today was camp elections. Each team at our English camp chose one member of their team to be their "presidential candidate". Earlier in the day all the teams were buisily making posters supporting their candidate and thinking up creative slogans. Some of my favorite slogans included: " Vote early, vote often, vote Johnny" (we had to explain you could only vote once..), "Just do it! Pick Peggy! the right choice!", and " Power for president- no regrets!".
We had an election debate as well where the candidates each had to answer questions like: why should we vote for you, what changes would you make as the camp president etc.. It was so great how serious they all took this election. The candidates ( 8 in all) prepared their answers and had speeches prepared to introduce themselves. My personal favorite candidate was Power. He promised to make all day play time and institute American food like hamburgurs and french fries for lunch. That statement created quite the stir among all the students. Well he got my vote! 12 year old William was our elected president with 24 votes. The runner up had 19 votes. Tomorrow we are all looking foward to hearing his first presidential speech.
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