A little social experiment...

Well folks, here's what happens when I get bored. I've decided to test the system in place at my school. Here's where I'll upload updates on how this project is going.

Our school is having the upcoming Class Council Elections, where they allow students to run, and other students to vote for who their class council officers will be. I decided to do a little testing of every aspect of the system.

Stage one: Break the norm in as many ways as possible. Part one of this is me running. I have mocked the class council system for years due to its lack of influence and because of the people who are part of it. So I'm switching things up by running. Part two is my timing. I'm seeing how much lag the system will tolerate. They've agreed to let me turn in my campaign paperwork a school day late (Monday, rather than Friday). Next up will be stressing the norms in my actual campaign. My posters read like a scene out of George Orwell's 1984. Across the top is a bold and black OBEY. Underneath that is the text "Vote Craig Hickman for 08 class president".

Next up will be to stress the system even more with my campaign speech. Unlike all of the other candidates, who talk with extravagant promises that they will change that never come true, I'm simply going to say that I will do my best to organize the meetings, which is the job's only real duty.

I'm interested in seeing how this turns out, as I've never been involved with student politics inside the school, nor the ASB.

I also plan to use this opportunity to spread the word about robotics as much as possible.