It is 9:30 P.M. and it is my bedtime. However, as a tired Civics teacher I cannot get my mind to stop thinking about the Presidential Election. Now, I mentioned that I am a tired Civics teacher, so I did go to bed at this time last night and woke up this morning to learn the results of the election. I did not jump out of bed - mostly because why would I do that mornings are always terrible - but I also did not despair the future of this great country. As a Civics teacher I do not publicly share my opinions on the candidates, I tried hard to find positive and negative examples of both nominees while teaching about the election. However, I went to the polls yesterday only thinking about myself and not our country. How could I vote for a woman who supports late-term abortions when my heart aches to be a mother? How could I vote for a man who degrades different races when there is a strong likely hood that my future children will not be Caucasian? How can I view either of these people as role models? Some of you may think I am naive, but I am a Civics teacher. The end result doesn't scare me and wouldn't have if it had went the other way. Our Founding Fathers established a system of checks and balances. One person cannot say this is how it we will be and everyone follows.
Then this morning I went onto Facebook and saw gloating and poor losers (I don't know how else to put it). Now again I was not invested in either candidate, so when people started talking about a bully being a role model or it being a depressing day for little girls, my first thought was this will be a long four years. Then I went to school and found hope. Hope in that very few Presidents are viewed as role models. My 8th Graders are starting a research paper, where you don't have to research a person, but many students did. They selected people like Selena Quintanilla and Simone Biles, None of my thirty-four students are writing about Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump (he was selected, but the student changed his mind). Role models rarely come from politics, they come from people who are making a difference, people who are involved in young people's lives, and people who show there is hope. When I become a mom, my biggest goal will be to become my daughter's role model through my actions and deeds and not have it be someone who she sees on tv in any context.
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