At my school, and at many schools, there's a student government. Here, you can run for Treasurer, Vice President, Secretary and President. Depending on your grade, you can run for several things. Each class picks a representative for an office, the representative writes a speech, they recite it in front of the school, and then the voting begins. A while later, we get results.

Okay, that's not exactly it, but it's close. I was lucky enough to be nominated as President, and so I have to write a speech. It's not the most fun thing to do, but it's not that bad. I've decided to give tips on running for an office. Here they are :

Know what you're running for:

Basically, this means that if you're running for an office, know what they do. I'd get the definition and maybe research a bit about this. Say you're running for treasurer, which has to do with the budget, and you promise you'll take good notes and get better food and "lead your school the best way you can." Look, buddy, if you do that you're going to not get many votes. If you do get a lot of votes, it's probably because of popularity. You can make a difference, but make sure you know what you're doing first.

Put posters up:

This is a way of advertising that you're running for office. It's kind of like how when people run for senator in Whyville, they make face parts and people buy them to advertise and try to get votes. If you make posters and hang them up around your school because you're running for an office, make sure they're neat, eye-catching, and well-made. I'd probably put some of your ideas on the poster if they're good. That may draw voters who are undecided.

Put in ideas that can actually happen:

If you're like me, which I bet a lot of you are, you are annoyed with petitions stating that they'll make you earn 1,000,000 clams a day. We all know this, and many other ideas as well, will never happen. Same thing with other elections. If you promise "No homework, no grades, no teachers, just fun!" you'll look like a desperate politician that'll do anything for votes, and promise ideas that will never happen in your life. If you get one of those, just don't vote for them. It'll turn out a good choice.

Don't get too into it:

What I mean by this, don't get to the point that you'll do anything for votes. Friendships have been lost because of elections. Here's an example, say your best friend is running, and you both really want to win. Whoever wins, be happy for them, don't just refuse to be their friend anymore because they won. If they lost, they maybe would feel the same way, am I right?

Don't promise anything:

If you promise something like better lunches, and don't get them, people will be annoyed and unhappy that you lied. If you really are trying to get them, just say you'll try.

Use correct spelling and proper grammar:

Don't write a speech that says, "Yo I'll bring some betta lunches up in dis school." You'll make a fool out of yourself, and look like you don't have good grammar. Use spell check if you have to, and get help with your speech from a fellow classmate or two to see what the public wants.

Get a campaign manager:

Get someone to help you with posters, your speech, and everything. This will pay off. Also, try to put the manager's name in your speech, so they get a little credit!

Those were only some tips on running for an office. If you are running for one, good luck! Now I've got to go write my speech.

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