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Mock elections continue
by PAIGE B.
January 5, 2010
Whether you think they’re a popularity contest or just for fun we keep having them every year. These are the student mock elections. The elections are held by the photojournalism class taught by Ms. Butler.
“The definition of a mock election is, a fake election for educational, pleasure, or transformative purposes,” according to Wikipedia. Most people say that they're just for fun and no hurt would be made by them, but others think that the polls are hurtful, because if they were voted something that they didn’t agree with their feelings would be hurt. Grace M. an 8th grader says, “No these are not a popularity contest, they are a way for people to be recognized for good things they are able to do. Why would the class put hurtful questions? They wouldn’t do that, no one's feelings could get hurt.” Ms. Butler says, “One year there was a bad category and since then I have been very careful about the category choice.”
Why do we have them? And how long have we been doing them? The history behind the elections at Mill Creek is unknown. “But we have been doing them for twelve years since I have been here, and probably before that,” Ms. Butler said about the elections. We have the elections because it's just tradition and that's what the kids want every year.
If there was one thing you could change about the yearbook mock elections, what would it be? If everyone was voted for a topic, our yearbook would be 100 pages long. “I would add more categories and each year make them more interesting than the last,” Kourtney K. an 8th grader says. The categories are chosen by the students of the photojournalism class. Each year at the beginning of the quarter, they take a vote and each year, it always makes it. There are many things that could be changed about these elections.
“If the elections were not part of our yearbook then the yearbook would not really have any memories of our classmates,” Grace says. If we didn't have them our yearbook would be shorter, but may cut the cost down, or be less of a yearbook than if we were to keep them. Pictures are part of the mock elections; the winners get their pictures put into the yearbook. “I would make more people win each category so we have more pictures of our classmates to remember them better,” Grace says.
The photojournalism class is one of the electives taught here at Mill Creek. The teacher of this class is Ms. Butler. She is responsible for the pictures, topics, and making sure the class does what they have to do for the yearbook. She and her class are the only one responsible for this department, and without them we would only have our school pictures in the yearbook!
The student mock elections are part of our school and always will be, if everyone follows tradition. They are good, and bad, according to who you are talking to. “Because of the elections people get to be recognized for things other than academics, which is what school is mainly focused on,” Ms. Butler says. These are part of our yearbook and are a reflection of our school!
by PAIGE B.
January 5, 2010
Whether you think they’re a popularity contest or just for fun we keep having them every year. These are the student mock elections. The elections are held by the photojournalism class taught by Ms. Butler.
“The definition of a mock election is, a fake election for educational, pleasure, or transformative purposes,” according to Wikipedia. Most people say that they're just for fun and no hurt would be made by them, but others think that the polls are hurtful, because if they were voted something that they didn’t agree with their feelings would be hurt. Grace M. an 8th grader says, “No these are not a popularity contest, they are a way for people to be recognized for good things they are able to do. Why would the class put hurtful questions? They wouldn’t do that, no one's feelings could get hurt.” Ms. Butler says, “One year there was a bad category and since then I have been very careful about the category choice.”
Why do we have them? And how long have we been doing them? The history behind the elections at Mill Creek is unknown. “But we have been doing them for twelve years since I have been here, and probably before that,” Ms. Butler said about the elections. We have the elections because it's just tradition and that's what the kids want every year.
If there was one thing you could change about the yearbook mock elections, what would it be? If everyone was voted for a topic, our yearbook would be 100 pages long. “I would add more categories and each year make them more interesting than the last,” Kourtney K. an 8th grader says. The categories are chosen by the students of the photojournalism class. Each year at the beginning of the quarter, they take a vote and each year, it always makes it. There are many things that could be changed about these elections.
“If the elections were not part of our yearbook then the yearbook would not really have any memories of our classmates,” Grace says. If we didn't have them our yearbook would be shorter, but may cut the cost down, or be less of a yearbook than if we were to keep them. Pictures are part of the mock elections; the winners get their pictures put into the yearbook. “I would make more people win each category so we have more pictures of our classmates to remember them better,” Grace says.
The photojournalism class is one of the electives taught here at Mill Creek. The teacher of this class is Ms. Butler. She is responsible for the pictures, topics, and making sure the class does what they have to do for the yearbook. She and her class are the only one responsible for this department, and without them we would only have our school pictures in the yearbook!
The student mock elections are part of our school and always will be, if everyone follows tradition. They are good, and bad, according to who you are talking to. “Because of the elections people get to be recognized for things other than academics, which is what school is mainly focused on,” Ms. Butler says. These are part of our yearbook and are a reflection of our school!
