This is cute but that is all it is…
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
I know I’m going to sound like an old crumugen, but here goes..
Four fifth-grade students from Willis Hare Elementary School got a crash course in how government works when they recently visited the mayor at the town hall in Conway. The youngsters (Sterling Vaughan, Matthew Wheeler, Jontavias Bowers and Jordan Harrell) were selected by their peers to represent their school’s town council as mayor, vice mayor, treasurer and chairman of special events.
From the police department to the clerks office to the council boardroom, the students listened as officials talked about the daily activities involved in the government process.
“If you are going to be community leaders, it is important for you to see how decisions that effect other lives are made,†said Mayor Brian Bolton as he addressed the children.
Come on Mayor. Fifth graders are not capable of seeing “how decisions that effect other lives are made.†They are actually paying attention to the city officials maybe 25% of the time they are talking … Maybe.
This whole charade of selecting elementary students “serve” as city officials makes a cute picture, but that is all it does. It does not inspire the kids. It does not educate the kids. It allows for the kids chosen to miss a day of school. That is all it does.
It does make a cute picture though.
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