Miss Youmans' Blog: VOTING FOR A PRESIDENT...IN KEYBOARDING & CAREERS!

Mrs. Becker tallying the votes!

While visiting our classroom today, our freshman guidance counselors also conducted elections in the spirit of today's presidential election. Each student was asked to cast an anonymous vote by paper ballot & write WHY they felt that person was the best candidate. I am SO PROUD that regardless of which candidate students chose, the great majority had a valid reason for supporting that person. I urge each and every one of my students to register to vote when they are 18, vote in EVERY election, and to research each candidate's stance and voting record prior to going to the polls. As Americans, we are blessed to live in the United States of America where we have the freedom to vote; the least we can do is research each candidate to see which is the most closely aligned to our values and beliefs. We SHOULD NOT vote for a candidate just because they are a Republican or a Democrat, but because we feel they would do the best job for us!

A VERY important issue was brought to light during second period. We had one student who chose not to vote because he felt he didn't know enough about either candidate to cast a vote one way or another. That's honorable and I explained ABSTAINING from voting. At the end of class, Mrs. Becker announced that we had a 16-16 tie and that neither candidate could be declared a winner for second period. We discussed how this proves EVERY VOTE MATTERS & that once you choose to abstain from voting, you give up your right to do so and cannot go back to vote after the polls close just because you didn't like the results.

GREAT LESSONS LEARNED TODAY! HERE ARE THE RESULTS:

Period 1 = 23-9 OBAMA
Period 2 = 16-16 TIED
Period 3 = 20-9 OBAMA
Period 4 = 13-5 OBAMA
Period 5 = 13-7 OBAMA
Period 6 = 10-6 OBAMA
Period 7 = 23-8 OBAMA
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OVERALL = 118-60 OBAMA