Joshua Wins Election!

Joshua came home from soccer practice one Wednesday evening and told me that he had been chosen by one of the teachers from the school to run in an election for one of the four house captains. The four house captains are basically the team leader for a fourth of the students, grade 2-5. The teams compete throughout the year for points that are given for all sorts of things: projects, behavior, accomplishments, etc. Joshua said he was running for the BEAR house captain.

Joshua showed me the paper and he needed a speech and a jingle of sorts, telling why he would be the best choice. Late that night after Joshua was in bed, I thought up a great speech about his going on a BEAR HUNT. The bears had escaped from the Bucharest Zoo and the Principal had called Joshua to bring them in--since he was so great with Bears! There were phrases and words like "BEARel of Fun," "BEARable," "BEARly," etc. It ended with a short song about the BEAR Necessities with words changed about Joshua providing those. When Joshua got home Thursday evening, I said, "You only have a short time tonight to learn your speech and song for tomorrow morning." I started to read it to him, when he said, "Oh, by the way, I'm not running for Bear Team Captain, I'm running for Elephant Team Captain."

I couldn't believe it!!! So, I quickly changed the Bear Hunt to an Elephant Hunt, took out the clever BEAR words and replaced them with appropriate Elephant jokes that tied in to Joshua, and made a quick poster to tape his speech to the back. With no Wal-mart or such nearby, we taped a ruler to the back of his sign. I wished him good luck on his way out the door.
Joshua came home all smiles! He is the new Elephant Team Captain at International School of Bucharest! Way to go, Joshua!