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I know this is going back a little ways, but I understand why, when you are eight years old, everyone on your soccer/basketball/t-ball/sport gets a trophy. The thing that has always bothered me is that my high school did the same thing with student council. After my freshman year, there were no elections or positions held for student council. You had to fill out an application and have a petition signed by the teachers. It usually wasn't a popularity contest as the "popular" kids were often not interested. This was started as someone's darling daughter was not elected by the body her freshman year. (my class) Few of us knew her and she only talked to her friends from middle school. Her mom called the principal, the vice principal of student life and the vice principal of academics to complain that her daughter was unfairly treated and that the system had to be changed. Helicopter much?
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