AmandaGHS07's blog

On my local Student Council at high school, we are required to pay a certain fee monthly.

But here is my question.

If we are doing so much service for the community and the school, why do we have to pay a ten dollar fee monthly? I think it is ridiculous. I am doing every thing I can for the student council, and they give back by reminding me daily that I have forgotten my fees to pay. You do the math. August through December and ten dollars per month is fifty dollars, just to be in Student Council. Then it happens the next semester again. So, overall, I am paying one hundred dollars to be in student council. Where is this fair? We are supposed to be giving all of our service to the school, but I do not think it is necessary to make us pay those fees, especially when I am already paying off so many other things, that it is hard to keep up with all the fees, and I do not need the student council fee on top of all of that. Maybe I am just being irrational, but I do not believe they needed to implement this new rule. If I am going to put forth so much academic service, I believe they are the ones debted to us, not us to them, because without us, there would not be a student council, and they want to kick members out by Christmas if they have not paid their fees. Now THAT is ridiculous. Does anyone agree with me on this topic?  Read More »

Well, I just got back from Model United Nations yesterday. It was interesting, but I did not really enjoy it much.

I absolutely love Youth Legislature and Mock Trial, but Model UN does not really do much for me. The debate was timed less because there was so many delegates, therefore people could not get across what they wanted to say in debate. There were many good resolutions, but there were also many poor ones.  Read More »

Gallatin is mainly famous for nationally for the implementation of Thong Girl 3, which many of you might have heard of due to Jay Leno or Good Morning America.

I attended the City Council Forum last week, where the current Governor Don Wright, was debating with a candidate, Johann Graves. If I was eighteen and able to vote, I'd definitely vote for Graves. The whole time I was looking at Don Wright, I could not help but think of Thong Girl three, a major distraction.  Read More »

Well, I leave tomorrow at 9:30 AM for Model United Nations. I am a little excited, but at the same time, I am not ready. My partner and I have had to do everything, and research like crazy. One of the partners in our group (There is normally a group of three), was expelled a few weeks ago for having various things in her purse. Well, she was acquitted of the charges and came back to school, and now she has no idea what our proposal is about. Ughhh! I like Youth Legislature and Mock Trial a TON better than Model United Nations. I felt a lot more at ease with the people and how it worked, because I have been doing Youth in Government since ninth grade ,and I really like it, but this is my first year doing Model United Nations, I have done Mock Trial and Youth Legislature since ninth grade. It is not that I dislike it, but having to juggle all the extracurricular activities, advanced placement courses, all school in itself, and work, plus being a senior and trying to get out for all these scholarships, it is really hard. I am not whining in the least, I just want to have a good future for myself, and get the best possible education I can, and be all I can be. College is a scary thought, but I know I can do it. I want to be one of the best, and implement a good future for myself. Model United Nations will be fun, I cannot wait until it happens, and to listen to all the debate of everything going on. Wish me luck and hope my proposal gets passed! Thanks for reading!  Read More »