I had been on the morning closed circuit television announcements in
a technical and usurping capacity for most of my junior year and I
liked the attention. There was a kid who was in the media class as
well that wanted to be in charge, a position that was granted to the
person elected to be the student body vice president, the third vice
president to be exact. He didn't like me much and had told me that if
he was elected he would make sure I never got to be on the
announcements again. Well, then my path was clear. I decided to run
for office but I did have that one little problem that I very rarely
went to school on time or for a full day and that would make me
ineligible for school activities and to hold public office. I had to
hustle to make up all of the missed days with some detention and some
deals and the day we needed to register for the race I was eligible
by the thinnest of margins. When I had signed up for the race I went
into the media classroom and studio sat down and asked my rival what
he thought about the campaign. He was optimistic because he was the
only one in the race. I asked him if he was still planning on kicking
me out when he ran and he said I could still be in the media class
but I wouldn't be able to be on the show. He said he had plans for
how he was going to run things and he didn't think I was right for
the new style. I told him I thought I heard someone else was running
for office and what would he do if they won instead of him. He said
he didn't think that was true but that the current third vice
president and tech guru with the green screen and real time tittle
machine had endorsed him so he thought he would probably still win. I
didn't tell him that I was the one running against him for office but
his attitude made me not just want to win but to beat him personally.
That was not really my personality at all but for this one time I was
going to make an exception.
