I was running for ASB president of my school, and yesterday we had to give our speeches and/or skits. The assembly was horribly self-absorbed, perhaps the worst one in years, and the teachers later complained to me that I had the best speech of the bunch. I was just presenting my leadership experience, yet the others shamelessly presented themselves in narcisstic skits and stupid dances and then chanted "Vote for me". I rolled my eyes throughout this stupid assembly before and after I gave my speech.
In the few hours after the assembly, people contragulated me, gave me the thumbs up, and talked to me about how moronic the other candidates were (4 of them even got suspended, 2 for letting a rat out on the floor and one for talking about PISSING IN HIS PANTS for the whole fucking speech!) Teachers patted me on the back, and told me how much better I was than the rest of them.
I went home thinking I would win, with the kind of feedback I had received.
When I returned to school the next morning, the ASB advisor informed me that someone else had won. His speech and skit were a bit better than the rest, but he still had acted stupid (including dressing a few senior girls in prom dresses and marching them over the floor. My English teacher was hugely offended by this, taking it as objectification of women.) I accepted the loss stotically, but inside I roiled. How could I have lost to a bunch of stupid people?
