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FOR THE PEOPLE
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SCHOOL DEMOCRACY
By Simone Menezes (12C)
Compiled by Vini Desai
Democracy is the political system in categories: simple, fancy and the one that
which the members of the government of can cause a myocardial infarction.
the country are elected by the people for Nominees show their street smartness
the welfare of the people. This same through their campaigning strategy by
system of democracy can be brought down targeting the lowest standard first,
a few notches to the system of the school considering that they are easily convinced
council. It is the same, but on a lower by what they see, and then the higher
level. One can consider it as a mock classes, who know that there is more than
election for when one turns eighteen. what meets the eye. Election deals are on a
Nomination is carried out and those high as in ‘you campaign for me and I
qualified, pass on to campaigning. Here is campaign for you.’ Lastly, on Voting Day,
where the fun begins. This is a game of everyone is under immense pressure,
advertising a person’s popularity. because they are faced with the choice of
Nominees make all sorts of speeches and which candidate is better for the school or
promises to the students just like true is the most popular in the school. After
politicians, while waving their voting, many second guess their choice
campaigning posters in the air like some while others are confident. However, the
sort of flag. Politicians’ flyers in the consequences of each one’s vote can only
newspaper are extremely decent, whereas be revealed in the year to come.
the school posters are divided into three
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