my 17 year old brothers school did a mock election and one of the kids ran as the communist party as a joke and the school made them stop because they were winning— iris (@piixietit2) May 9, 2021
why do American schools even have student governments? I went through the fuckin school system and I don't think there was ever a student government that had any real power. Real company union vibe to the whole deal.
It's a combination of stuff like this, learning about the basics of running an organization, and probably some "here's stuff kids can do outside of class."
In Argentina some pull strikes and protests for better school conditions and usually for political causes too. See the recent abortion legalization campaing, the historic student free-transit pass (that earned them being kidnapped tortured and killed by the last dictatorship), and the usual "this school is fucking crumbling you dipshits, we gonna block the streets until shit gets repaired you fucking shitstains"
In New Zealand we have a student representative on the Board of Trustees.
Like, literally, the board of the school is required by the law to include a student. Every board meeting of the school including hiring, firing, restructuring, discipline, and policy decisions has to have a student representative present.
I got elected to that role and it was chaos. A story for another time.
They're a) pressure relief valves that allow some sections of students to believe they have some degree of autonomy and b) social clubs for the wealthier and/or hoity-toity students to make connections with one another
It teaches kids about bureaucracy. Basically, you elect a student council... but the only decisions they can make have to be approved by the unelected faculty and staff.
Idk but in Argentina in the seventies some of those highschool "student governments" in some key cities were based enough for the dictatorship to kidnap and kill all those children. :agony-deep:
The few public highschools that depend of the public Universities in Buenos Aires City, Córdoba, Rosario, La Plata (and maybe some others I don't know about) are normally really based, and their students councils or whatever are cool too, and as I said they have a history of being cool. Recently, they were pretty active in the abortion legalization campaign.
why do American schools even have student governments? I went through the fuckin school system and I don't think there was ever a student government that had any real power. Real company union vibe to the whole deal.
They basically just plan like...prom and stuff right?
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Oh yeah I guess they do that
It's a combination of stuff like this, learning about the basics of running an organization, and probably some "here's stuff kids can do outside of class."
When I was in high school they got us a communal microwave to use, which was neat I guess
when i was in high school they took away everyone's communal microwaves cuz someone set off the fire alarm leaving burnt grease and food in it.
In Argentina some pull strikes and protests for better school conditions and usually for political causes too. See the recent abortion legalization campaing, the historic student free-transit pass (that earned them being kidnapped tortured and killed by the last dictatorship), and the usual "this school is fucking crumbling you dipshits, we gonna block the streets until shit gets repaired you fucking shitstains"
In New Zealand we have a student representative on the Board of Trustees.
Like, literally, the board of the school is required by the law to include a student. Every board meeting of the school including hiring, firing, restructuring, discipline, and policy decisions has to have a student representative present.
I got elected to that role and it was chaos. A story for another time.
My platform was a pun based on my name. I got elected by crashing assemblies.
They're a) pressure relief valves that allow some sections of students to believe they have some degree of autonomy and b) social clubs for the wealthier and/or hoity-toity students to make connections with one another
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Get kids to squabble over who gets to do the unpaid event planning labor
She's not American
I thought most places have that. It's not bad. In Greece they plan a bunch of lockdowns and sit ins too.
It teaches kids about bureaucracy. Basically, you elect a student council... but the only decisions they can make have to be approved by the unelected faculty and staff.
Idk but in Argentina in the seventies some of those highschool "student governments" in some key cities were based enough for the dictatorship to kidnap and kill all those children. :agony-deep:
The few public highschools that depend of the public Universities in Buenos Aires City, Córdoba, Rosario, La Plata (and maybe some others I don't know about) are normally really based, and their students councils or whatever are cool too, and as I said they have a history of being cool. Recently, they were pretty active in the abortion legalization campaign.