TrumpetKing Posted June 6, 2012 Posted June 6, 2012 (edited) Well, my brother has been complaining about his school's presidential elections, and it made me wonder, has anybody here ran for office as a child? ASB stands for Associated Student Body. It helps the students by improving their leadership skills, and making them feel like part of the school. This is similar to the student body President, Vice President, etc. I ran for Vice President and Senator once, but I want to see who else inn different parts of the world have tried this. Thanks! Edited June 7, 2012 by TrumpetKing67
JopieK Posted June 6, 2012 Posted June 6, 2012 I think you spell the plastic of LEGO bricks ABS instead of ASB, apart from that, I don't know what you are talking about ;)
TrumpetKing Posted June 7, 2012 Author Posted June 7, 2012 I think you spell the plastic of LEGO bricks ABS instead of ASB, apart from that, I don't know what you are talking about ;) Yes, I know. ASB Stands for Associated Student Body (i.e. Student Body President, Vice President etc.), and I was wondering if any schools the other members went to participated in these programs during their time in school. I am not sure what an ABS plastic office is, although that would be cool. (I mean, its an office made out of LEGO!)
Emperor Krulos Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 You might want to elaborate your opening post. There are a lot of non-US citizens, so not everyone will know what ASB stands for. Since not every school in the US has one, there might even be some US citizens, that aren't familiar with the term. I know what it is, yet had to read your post twice, to understand what you meant. Explain what an associated students body is and how it is organized. How is it beneficial for the students? How do you - as a member - benefit from it? I'm sure there is something similar in other countries. You don't want to exclude them, do you?
TrumpetKing Posted June 7, 2012 Author Posted June 7, 2012 I fixed it.... I believe that it makes sense now.
brickmack Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 Do they actually even do anything? I think we have those at my school, but other than the week before elections, I never hear anything about them and they don't seem to do anything. I suspect its basically just a popularity thing rather than an actual leadership position. Is it like that at other schools?
TrumpetKing Posted June 10, 2012 Author Posted June 10, 2012 (edited) Do they actually even do anything? I think we have those at my school, but other than the week before elections, I never hear anything about them and they don't seem to do anything. I suspect its basically just a popularity thing rather than an actual leadership position. Is it like that at other schools? The voting itself tends to be popularity, but the people at my schools actually do participate very actively. EDIT: Oh, I didn't even notice I was a citizen! Yay! Edited June 10, 2012 by TrumpetKing67
-zenn Posted June 10, 2012 Posted June 10, 2012 On my high school we only had two senior classes, I was class president for both of them. And together with the other class presidents students could come to us for support on schoolwork, festivities, the schoolpaper, schoolblog etc. People were chosen on behalf of their skills btw.
TrumpetKing Posted June 10, 2012 Author Posted June 10, 2012 (edited) On my high school we only had two senior classes, I was class president for both of them. And together with the other class presidents students could come to us for support on schoolwork, festivities, the schoolpaper, schoolblog etc. People were chosen on behalf of their skills btw. That is a cool way of doing that. Our schools just have them make decisions about the schools and how to spend money, though that is mostly the treasurer. Edited June 10, 2012 by TrumpetKing67
friedchikenfairy Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 When I was in middle school, I ran and won for ASB president . Strangely enough, I won by mentioning that a fried chicken wing spoke to me(the crowd LOVED that). Since then, I knew fried chicken was my lucky charm, hence my username . Anyways, at my school, we not only had to do a speech in front of the 5,000 or so students, but we also had to have an interview with the past ASB members . Believe me, that is more gut-wrenching than the speech. Anyways, to answer "brickmack"'s question, in my middle school, ASB is in charge of planning all events, from spirit days to parent conferences. Hope I helped with your question
Pandora Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 I can't see much for discussion for adults here, and as this is a site for adults I'm locking it. If you disagree, please PM me.
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