It is an exciting time in our country right now. We are deciding our next president! As a kid, I remember getting to vote at school for Bill Clinton or Bob Dole in 1996 and being so excited to cast my ballot and get that "I Voted" sticker. I had no idea how important the presidential election was or what it would mean for our country.
During my practicum, I got to be a part of the 2012 election voting at school and seeing the excitement on their faces reminded me of when I was a child. I knew that I wanted to do the same when I worked at my school. I collaborated with the science and social studies teachers to develop a plan to have our whole school vote in our mock election. I designed the ballots and distributed them to the teachers. Our third-grade science and social studies teacher is friends with a former teacher who works the polls and she was able to get us "I Voted" stickers for the students. We gave each homeroom their ballots and stickers and let them cast their votes this morning. After all the votes had been cast and tallied, the results were in. Trump had 66 votes, and Clinton had 312. It was quite a landslide. I am pretty excited to see if our election is representative of the country's votes. I guess we will just have to wait and see!
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