Shhh. Don't tell trump. Asian girl is on student council.

[JPPaverage]

My (step) daughter just got selected for the student council at her elementary school. She's Filipina and not yet a citizen of the USA. Ok, so it isn't city council or anything like that, and it's fourth grade, but her teacher, counselor, and classmates seem to think she's leadership material. So she's on the student council. My understanding is that there is only one rep. per classroom, so it's pretty good if you ask me.
I think it's great and more than a bit ironic that an immigrant girl who isn't a citizen yet can be in a position of leadership, even in an elementary school setting. This is the same kid who, on a bus trip to Chicago booed when she saw the trump building. This is the same kid who says, "Trump is ugly" when she sees his ugly face on tv. So maybe there's hope for humanity yet because her friends do not see her as Asian, they just see her as another kid, albeit a smart kid. I am thinking about telling Grassley and Ernst, but those dirty a**holes may try to have her deported. "Can't have them Asians in a position of leadership."
Well anyway, just thought I'd brag a bit. I guess I'm turning into one of those parents. The kind that used to annoy me.

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. Brag away!

That’s a good kid!

Congratulations!

[kiri]

4. student councils never make waves

Sorry to say, but in my school years the "student council" was just a puppet of the administration.
Votes were on... isn't our school the best in the Universe. Yea.
The only controversial issues ever allowed to come up were dress codes and haircut codes. The student councils routinely ratified the principal.

[JPPaverage]

10. She's in fourth grade

What kind of voice can a fourth grader have in the way a school is run? Thanks for your reply, even if you are trying to harsh the buzz.

[Mr.Bill]

2. When I was in high school in the 60s

there was a Filipina who had only been here and been speaking English for about two years. She was the editor of the school newspaper and spoke with no noticeable accent. Very bright young lady.

[NastyRiffraff]

3. You have something to brag about!

She sounds wonderful.

[murielm99]

5. I love it when people brag about their kids! n/t

[kag]

6. Welcome to the "Those Parents" Club!

I'm a card-carrying member, myself.

Your daughter sounds awesome. Congrats!

[DFW]

7. Filipinos secretly control the world anyway

Wherever I travel, they are in hotels, boats, restaurants, hospitals--you name it, they run it. If they all went home, I think the world would come to a screeching halt.

Tell your stepdaughter, "Angan Tagalog ko idi magalén." (But I'm getting better at it!)

[rurallib]

8. Hope this is just the start for her JP

Maybe we'll be seeing her on the news in a couple decades shaking up the world.

[oasis]

9. Outstanding !

[demigoddess]

11. Sounds like a smart kid. and I should know. I have 2 gifted offspring myself.

support her and she will go far. Not too many of us are like dump and his crew.