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Lezleighd "Think about elections of the past, both Muggle and Wizard, both nationally or locally. Can you think of an example where the candidate did something that was specifically designed to catch the eyes and ears of younger voters?" she asked and then added, "For example, when I was younger here at Hogwarts, we had a class elected Student Government. The person running for President promised some amazing things, such as butterbeer machines in the Great Hall and a Snog Zone in the Courtyard, and many people voted for him because of that...despite the fact that the Headmistress of that time would've never approved that and that this boy was responsible for loosing over 400 pts for his house that term...luckily he lost by three votes in the end."
Kat understood this more like... 'winning' a vote, except it had something bad about it. Hmm yes, it was something interesting to tackle in class but she didn't know that much. At least, she didn't know any specific event. The blonde listened to her Muggle Studies professor and the lady shared to them about her experience. A... snog zone? That was... interesting-ish. Not that Kat would try it out...
You know. Alright. Answer time. "
Some candidates or politicians tend to pay voters with money in exchange for their vote." No further comment.
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Lezleighd Pausing, she walked towards the board and flipped it so it was clean, "So think about how important Hogwarts is to you and maybe some of the issues or great things you see at Hogwarts, if you were the Master of Ceremony at the Debate, what questions would you like to ask the Candidates for the Board of Governors?" she asked as she wrote the word Questions and underlined it on the board.
Questions they'd ask for the candidates? Kat knew Cerulean was heading this little BoG club thingy so maybe their questions were being taken in account. COOL. But it was at Hogsmeade though, and Kat... well, she didn't have any plans set to visit the town. Weird, right? But true. Really true. She was going to be staying back here at the castle and do boring stuff like doing homework. Gosh.
Ahem, she was also watching the slideshow thing with all the candidates in it. She ONLY knew Professor Schirmer so far cos she taught Charms before and the woman was dang good at it.
And the question. "
I'd ask what their plans and suggestions are for the school. I bet some of them at least DO have plans beforehand." After all, she knew lots have signed up for it and that only chosen ones were lucky so these lucky candidates were actually good.
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Lezleighd "Great job at thinking critically about issues that are important to each of you. Well,, that takes us to the end of our first lesson..." she turned and started writing on the board, "At our next lesson, we will focus on campaign slogans and such."
She finished writing, "As you go out, pay attention to all of the candidates that you come in contact with and see if they are doing various things to cater to you such as giving candy, as some of you have mentioned, or just taking special interest in issues that are important to your age of students...and we'll discuss what you've noticed at our next lesson..." she paused and glanced at the homework and then finished, "Thanks for coming and I hope to see you all at the debate in Hogsmeade."
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That was it? So they went to class just to discuss about candidates. And then the next class, they'd tackle about slogans. Kat sighed. It wasn't like it was boring, you know. It was actually interesting in a way, but she felt like it was too short to even be a class. As in... TOO short. It had been more about questions and Cerulean only threw about 5 questions only.
SHORT.
The blonde finished off her jello with the whip cream. It wasn't BAD for a Muggle treat. Oh... wait. "
Thanks for the lesson, Professor Cerulean. I'll be keeping an eye around Hogwarts," she assured the woman with a nod. "
And... may I bring this out? I haven't finished it yet," she said as she showed her cup with Kool Aid. She was too caught up with the lesson to be able to drink from it. Besides, Cerulean
was too Hufflepuff to hurt her wouldn't hurt her for asking. Right? She'll return it to her at her office afterwards.