Three years ago, I was proud to announce that Jamie had been elected to School Council. I was worried how he might deal with rejection in the event of an unsuccessful bid but, in the end, the boy stormed home.
And guess what? We appear to have another budding politician in the family.
Yes, meet Councillor Charlotte White.
Unlike Jamie, Vanessa and I had no advance warning of her lofty ambitions. She just put her name forward, made a speech and won the secret ballot of her classmates. She expects to receive the seals of office (i.e. a pin on badge) next week. (Unfortunately she won't get squash and biscuits, which Jamie enjoyed, because of austerity).
Jamie turned up at his first meeting armed with a big idea. He had heard about the Daily Mile - whereby pupils get out of the classroom for fifteen minutes to walk or jog at their own pace and keep fit - and thought that St Oswald's Primary School should adopt this. So he proposed this at School Council, backed by paperwork. Sadly the then head teacher didn't take it on board. Maybe the new one might.
But Charlotte is already confident of how to avoid such crushing disappointment. That's right, she doesn't have an ideas. To use a phrase modern politicians are fond of, she is entering her new role with "an open mind." Although, as a backstop, she has said that "maybe Mummy will have some ideas."
I'm sure you, like me, wish her well in her representative endeavours.
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